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The epistemology of pizza

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Re: The epistemology of pizza

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Post by coreyp_1 »

I have been living in Rome for 2 1/2 months, and I still can't figure out a consensus on what the different types of pizza are!

I miss Pizza Hut stuffed-crust pepperoni (with pretzel crust flavor)!!!!

Re: The epistemology of pizza

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Post by fibo »

coreyp_1 wrote: post #2

I have been living in Rome for 2 1/2 months, and I still can't figure out a consensus on what the different types of pizza are! I miss Pizza Hut stuffed-crust pepperoni (with pretzel crust flavor)!!!!

In fact Rome is not the right place to understand what is pizza. You should go Naples. Keep in mind that Italy is made of a lot, really a lot of cultures. It is not the same to stay in Naples than in Rome. Naples was a Greek colony, Rome was an Etruscan colony. If you are in Rome you can understand what is carbonara, matriciana, abbacchio, etc. If you ask for a pizza you are astray.

Re: The epistemology of pizza

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Post by phillord »

anewhnaccount2 wrote: post #4
anthonybsd wrote: post #3

What in the world did I just read? Fascinating, but...

The fruits of twenty years semantic web research.

It's about pizza not fruit.

This article is light-hearted of course. But there are food ontologies for real -- the BBC have one for organising their recipes. And there is another which is used for food crops, which is used for research into disease (of the crops), and helping to alleviate hunger.

Re: The epistemology of pizza

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Post by Isamu »

fibo wrote: post #5

> a pizza bianca without mozzarella is a focaccia It is completely wrong! Pizza and focaccia have a completely different mixture.

A fundamentally different bread dough? Please do tell. My mind is open!

Re: The epistemology of pizza

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Post by bencollier49 »

phillord wrote: post #7
anewhnaccount2 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fruits of twenty years semantic web research.

It's about pizza not fruit. This article is light-hearted of course. But there are food ontologies for real -- the BBC have one for organising their recipes. And there is another which is used for food crops, which is used for research into disease (of the crops), and helping to alleviate hunger.

Tomato is a fruit!

Or is it? I may need a Clojure-based epistemology to decide.

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