Pizza fritta: my new book
by Enzo Coccia Several years ago, I started thinking about a book dedicated to deep-fried pizza when, during one of my master classes at a cooking school, the people who took part in it asked me an...
View ArticleObesity and pizza: is there a real connection?
by Enzo Coccia A few days ago, the information website giornale.it put on the frontpage “Allarme bambini obesi. Così la Gran Bretagna restringe pizze e torte” (Alarm bell sounds for obese children. So,...
View ArticlePaolo, Gianluca and I, gold nugget seekers (part 1)
by Enzo Coccia At the beginning of February, Paolo Ruggiero, my friend and San Marzano tomato supplier for about ten years, phoned me. Together with his family and all the Danicoopcooperative farmers,...
View ArticleA pinch of GNH with the Rofrano tomato (part 2)
by Enzo Coccia Yesterday, after the launch of Rofrano tomatoat Palazzo Mainenti, the institutional office of the National Park of Cilento, all of us protagonists of this adventure moved to “da Zero”...
View ArticleRicotta cheese: buffalo or cow milk? I have chosen a different product
by Enzo Coccia Last year, it happened that my very dear friend Luigi Zecconi Turillo, buffalo cream cheese (Lattecotto) producer as well as my pizzeria supplier, and I talked about the different...
View ArticleThe news is in “The News”
by Enzo Coccia About nine years ago, I opened my pizzeria La Notizia (the news) 94, in via Michelangelo da Caravaggio 94, just 400 meters away from the historic place. The idea was to create a workshop...
View ArticleThe Neapolitan pizza is a free and democratic art
by Enzo Coccia UNESCO has defined the art of this profession but, this time, I’d like to talk about freedom and democracy in relation to the Neapolitan pizza. “Freedom and democracy” may seem like a...
View ArticleCooking with love is a social act
by Enzo Coccia Cooking is an ancient act; the human being has carried out a cultural action by cooking: from feeding himself with raw food, he has evolved in choosing, preparing and cooking food....
View ArticlePizza of the day after: a pizza against the food waste
by Enzo Coccia The holidays are always a joy. Easter represents certainly a time to spend with the family and relatives. On the contrary, Easter Monday has always been an equivalent of outward journeys...
View ArticleLa Notizia…essential
by Enzo Coccia After almost a year, I return to write something in my little diary. There is no excuse to justify my absence because I could have certainly found even only half an hour to be devoted...
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