{"id":2913,"date":"2014-12-20T23:19:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T23:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=2913"},"modified":"2014-12-20T23:19:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T23:19:46","slug":"pizza-fast-food-that-can-welcome-a-good-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=2913","title":{"rendered":"pizza, fast food that can welcome a good wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Roccos_sausage_pizza\"<\/a><\/p>\n

if it’s art, is it a grid?<\/em><\/p>\n

Sometimes you don’t miss tomato, even when\u00a0it’s about\u00a0pizza. \u00a0In fact, until I thought of writing this post, I don’t think it\u00a0occurred to me that one of our favorite pizzas is never kissed by\u00a0the red fruit of the nightshade.<\/p>\n

Pizza is our usual go-to, emergency, fast food alternative whenever there’s absolutely no time to cook, meaning when there’s\u00a0a\u00a0performance, protest, or other event which lasts until late in the evening. \u00a0Rocco’s Pizza Joint<\/a>, which is only a few blocks from us, has a ‘Broccoli Rabe & Sausage Pizza Pie’, and it is often our preference these days – when we can get it. It’s a rarity on our table because Rocco’s usually closes before we have a chance to order, but I think that means\u00a0it’s appreciated even more when we are able to\u00a0enjoy it.<\/p>\n

It may be at least as rare on other tables as well, and not just because rapini<\/em>, or broccoli di rapa<\/em>, may not be to everyone’s taste: Our\u00a0particular favorite pie doesn’t actually show up on the shop’s site. \u00a0It can be found on Seamless.com<\/a>\u00a0however.<\/p>\n

One of the charms of ‘pizza night’ for us is the opportunity it gives, not only to pick\u00a0out a wine appropriate to\u00a0each of the pie’s variants, but for a low-key, unhurried appreciation of the wine and the pairing. \u00a0Also, pizza leftovers are always a good thing, and there are always leftovers, sometimes with the wine as well.<\/p>\n

One more note. \u00a0I will never confuse Rocco’s product\u00a0with my own white pizza\u00a0outing some\u00a0five years back, either for convenience or taste. \u00a0Mine wasn’t delivered, and since it took\u00a0longer, it was no solution for a late supper. \u00a0I humbly confess however that if I can remember it correctly, I preferred my ramps and guanciale version, with\u00a0a crust I had rolled out from dough bought at Whole Foods. \u00a0It was beginner’s luck, plus, really,\u00a0‘ramps and guanciale”? \u00a0How can you go wrong?<\/p>\n