{"id":300,"date":"2005-11-15T10:56:03","date_gmt":"2005-11-15T17:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/?p=300"},"modified":"2005-11-15T10:56:03","modified_gmt":"2005-11-15T17:56:03","slug":"pizza-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/15\/pizza-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"Pizza Pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of pizza &#8220;officially&#8221; being in America.  On November 14th, 1905 New York City granted <a href=\"http:\/\/cityguide.aol.com\/newyork\/dining\/venue.adp?cat=581208&amp;page=detailSummary&amp;id=106910062&amp;back=search%252eadp%253fcat%253d581208%2526page%253dlistingsLong%2526layer%253dvenues%2526query%253dlombardi%252527s&amp;layer=venues&amp;query=lombardi%27s\">Lombardi&#8217;s Brick Oven Pizzeria<\/a> a license to operate, making it the first pizzeria not only in New York City but in all of America as well.  I for one <em>love<\/em> pizza and think that this auspicious occasion should be celebrated by one and all.  Here are a few reasons why:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is everywhere, its quick and its convenient.  Doesn&#8217;t matter what time of day it is &#8211; if you are hungry, there is a pizzeria nearby and you&#8217;ll have a slice in your belly in no time flat.<\/li>\n<li>It is like sex &#8211; even when its bad its good.<\/li>\n<li>It contains all 5 food groups in one tasty slice: grains (the dough), fruits &amp; vegetables (the sauce), dairy and calcium-rich foods (the cheese), proteins (if in fact you get sausage, pepperoni or chicken on your slice) and fats and oils (the stuff that turns 2-3 napkins translucent).<\/li>\n<li>It is the perfect compromise: &#8220;You want to cook?&#8221;  &#8220;Not really.&#8221;  &#8220;You want Chinese?&#8221;  &#8220;Nah.&#8221;  &#8220;Thai?&#8221;  &#8220;Nah.&#8221;  &#8220;Italian?&#8221;  &#8220;Eh, not really.&#8221;  &#8220;Well, what about just pizza then?&#8221;  &#8220;Pizza?  Yeah, I can do that&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>It is a good indicator of inflation.  A slice of pizza almost always mirrors the cost of a subway ride.  Going back to when a slice was a nickel, economists have shown that the slice of a piece of pizza and a ride on the subway have remained almost equal for the last 100 years.  When you see a slice of regular pizza hit $2.25 or $2.50, look out for an MTA fare hike.  For about a year a plain slice was $2.00 while the subway was only $1.50 a ride so I knew something was coming and sure enough, the MTA raised the fares.  Coincidence?  I think not.<\/li>\n<li>Some of the best commercials have been for pizza.  Any of these ring a bell?  &#8220;Avoid the Noid.&#8221;  &#8220;Regular price, Four bucks, Four bucks.&#8221;  &#8220;Its not delivery, its DiGiorno.&#8221;  And don&#8217;t get me started on the Little Caesar&#8217;s commercials.  In fact, I&#8217;m going to try and hunt down my favorite pizza commercials and post them here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any other reasons why you think pizza is so fantastic, post a comment and let me know.  If you don&#8217;t like pizza, I want to hear from you too because I just don&#8217;t see how that is possible&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of pizza &#8220;officially&#8221; being in America. On November 14th, 1905 New York City granted Lombardi&#8217;s Brick Oven Pizzeria a license to operate, making it the first pizzeria not only in New York City but in all of America as well. I for one love pizza and think that this auspicious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[238,491,534],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ramblings","tag-food","tag-pizza","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}