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Gentlemen, Lillian and I would like to join you. Paulie, what Saturday night are we talking about? At this point, our only Jersey pizza experience is still DeLorenzo's in Trenton, and good as that was, we need to taste NOMAD and we'd love to do it with other Slicers.

So when are we goin?

@Sloppy and EngMc: Have I been out of Brooklyn too long? When did L&B start serving Grandma's?

I went to high school in the neighborhood... now I only go to Coney Island after the season. The pizza is still great, and no crowds! Although I always loved the Cyclone.

Whenever Totonno's opens, why don't a bunch of us pick a time to meet out there?

Lil and are are still kicking ourselves over being too late to sign up for "Pieman's Craft" two years in a row... Somebody please let us know if there's a cancellation...

Of course, we've eaten some baaaad pizza, but Lil takes it in stride, and I laugh.

"Another slice of pizza in America..."

@Gianluca: Not to get too far off topic, but Mexican CocaCola (and, I believe, Italian Coke) uses sugar rather than high-fructose corn syrup, which is much more pleasant. Kosher-for-Passover Coke too (big difference from CocaCola the rest of the year). I was very tempted to have an O'Doul's (non-alcoholic beer) at Sally's Apizza last week (beer & pizza on a hot day still sounds good after 20 alcohol-free years).

@Pizzablogger: Pellegrino is a great choice; either the Limonata or the plain. We used to buy cases of it at Costco, but haven't lately. We'll get some before we make more pizza. Also wondering how the Jarritos tamarind soda would work...

Pizzablogger - nice video work, especially for a first attempt! Watched it twice, then I had to eat.

Paulie Gee - I am practicing the patience you recently counseled, and Lillian tells me that whining wouldn't get us to your house any sooner anyway. It all looks great as usual - and if you do go commercial, we will be there for the opening!

@Adam: THAT's where I saw it! Thanks. With Lil and me, you can always assume we're hungry when we get there.

@Paulie Gee: I wondered that at DiFara's too: is this awesome or am I hallucinating from hunger???

Well, we love the passion! She's taller than Lillian's grandma, but I would LOVE to taste Sylvia's pizzas...

So much pizza, so little time. Can you tell I'm hungry?

@Paulie Gee: saw the link and some of your Flickr stuff -- OMG! What do Lillian and I have to do to wangle an invite to one of your tastings? Given your passion for pizza (shameless self-promotion and a respectful nod), we need to eat pizza with you, brother!

It's a great quote and a really swell article written with grace and humor. I lived on Avenue L and E. 15th for a year or so before Lil and I got married (1980) and didn't even know DiFara's was there. Catapano's piece makes me wish I'd been blessed with Dom's pizza back then, before the invasion...

Throw this one in the mix: in my old neighborhood (Brooklyn) and where we are now (Long Island) - if you're just ordering a "regular" slice (of the New York- Neapolitan variety), it's 'a slice'. If you're also ordering Sicilian, it's "Gimme two 'rounds' and two 'squares'.

Of course it's not round, but there are a lotta guys in Bensonhurst who would injure themselves trying to say "triangular".

I'm with moesizlacks (part of the way).. Totonno's is the best pizza I ever ate: I practically grew up at Spumoni Gardens, and I have no desire to go to Co., Tonda, Motorino...

I hope there will always be real pizza in NY... meeting a young guy like David Rizzo at Rizzo's in Astoria gives me a lot of hope for neighborhood pizzerias.

I think Lil and I need to fire up our RV and drive to Charlotte for this!

When we first read American Pie, Lillian looked at his dough recipe and said, "yeah, that's how my grandmother used to do it. He knows what he's talking about."