Once upon a time, Italy was represented by a plate of spaghetti and a mandolin; today, it's pizza and a spritz. How times have changed!
Pizza is so famous that, despite Pizza Day being January 17th, to commemorate how the art of Neapolitan pizza-making is considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Americans double the date and celebrate it on February 9th as well.
Everyone has their own personalized recipe, starting with the one invented in 1889 in Naples and dedicated to Queen Margherita, which had the colors of the Italian flag: green like basil, white like mozzarella, and red like tomato.
At Donna Vittori, we like to make it with flour from the ancient grains we grow and topped it with seasonal produce. And we let our guests create their own versions of these pizzas, which we might call agricultural.
Some Chinese friends came to visit, and we had them try their hand at cooking the last pumpkin of the season, onions, cabbage, and broccoli (as well as the ever-present tomato).
We paired the pizza with a Cesanese sparkling wine and then a glass of our Lettera, Donna Vittori's Cesanese del Piglio.
A true touch of Italian style and our personal tribute to Italian cuisine as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in homage to our unmistakable understanding of cuisine and our lifestyle, which combines the joy of living with food.
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