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Italians Debate Which Pizza Is Best

In Naples, Italy, a debate has begun about the city's famous traditional food, pizza.

Billionaire Flavio Briatore criticized the low-cost, simple pizzas of Naples. He called them "bricks of dough¹ with a puddle² of tomato."

The kind of pizza that Briatore was criticizing is called the Neapolitan Margherita. It is a simple pizza, made of only dough, tomato sauce, cheese, and basil.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) aims to protect cultural arts, including cooking. UNESCO considers Neapolitan pizza making, or "Pizzaiuolo," an "intangible cultural heritage" of Italy. That means making pizza is a skill or idea passed from generation to generation and important to Naples, Italy and the world.

Many chefs from Naples reacted to Briatore's comment with anger. Chef Sergio Miccu, president of the Neapolitan pizza maker⁴ association, said Briatore had betrayed the pizza's heritage. "Pizza has fed entire generations, overcoming...war and cholera," he said.

Gino Sorbillo, one of Italy's most famous pizza chefs, also reacted publicly to Briatore's comments. He served free pizza in front of his family restaurant in central Naples as his answer. He said low-cost pizza could also be very good.

"(Briatore) says that cheap pizza is not good? We make it like this, taste it and tell me what it's like," Sorbillo told RTL radio.

Briatore owns restaurants that serve pizza that is very different from the classic Margherita. This pizza comes with many toppings and can cost as much as $68.

Sorbillo suggested that Briatore should let his cooks prepare food next to Neapolitan chefs in his restaurants, "to let his clients, used to gourmet⁵ pizza, taste a typical Neapolitan one, in a healthy challenge."

Words in This Story

dough – n. a mixture of flour and water that is used to make bread and similar foods

intangible – adj. not made of physical substance; not able to be touched; not tangible³

heritage – n. the traditions, achievements, beliefs, etc., that are part of the history of a group or nation

chef – n. a professional cook who usually is in charge of a kitchen in a restaurant

betray – v. to hurt someone by not supporting or helping⁶ them

overcome – v. to successfully deal with or gain control of (something difficult)

client –n. a person who pays for goods or services at a shop, restaurant or hotel

gourmet – n. a food or meal of very high quality

1 dough   

n.生面团；钱，现款

参考例句：

• She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
• The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。

2 puddle   

n.(雨)水坑，泥潭

参考例句：

• The boy hopped the mud puddle and ran down the walk.这个男孩跳过泥坑，沿着人行道跑了。
• She tripped over and landed in a puddle.她绊了一下，跌在水坑里。

3 tangible   

adj.有形的，可触摸的，确凿的，实际的

参考例句：

• The policy has not yet brought any tangible benefits.这项政策还没有带来任何实质性的好处。
• There is no tangible proof.没有确凿的证据。

4 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

5 gourmet   

n.食物品尝家；adj.出于美食家之手的

参考例句：

• What does a gourmet writer do? 美食评论家做什么？
• A gourmet like him always eats in expensive restaurants.像他这样的美食家总是到豪华的餐馆用餐。

6 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。