David 76
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Apizza is just an AKA for "New Haven Style" Pizza. It's true, you can look it up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven-style_pizza It's the first search result in google when you search for Apizza. Given that, you are contradicting yourself when you say it stops being pizza when you put an adjective in front of pizza. Apizza is simply another style of pizza. The last time I checked, the thread was not started by you, and the topic is NOT "Best Apizza in CT", so I'm not sure why you say it is specific to Apizza. Perhaps you should start a new Apizza thread if you are unhappy with Greek (AKA New England Style - you can look that one up too) Style Pizza being mentioned here.
No. It is from Naples. It is not a style of Pizza. It is the original. And anywhere in Italy, apizza means pie. Which is why many Americans redundantly call it "pizza pie". But Apizza or pizza are Italian and that kind of defines it.
You just discovered on google that New Haven was in a direct line to Italy, and used the correct name before it was Americanized to pizza. Sorry if I offended you in my going overboard. But Pizza comes from Italy, and New Haven is about the best example of that concept. Pizza has nothing to do with Greeks or New England style. They are allowed to make it, of course. But it is like saying American Chop Suey is the best Chop Suey. You may love it. But it is not really chop suey and it is not Chineese.