Brother's Pizza

White Pie with Spinach
Originally uploaded by nderrett.

We took a trip to Staten Island to visit Brother's Pizza, owned by Giorgio Giove and his family. Giorgio won second place for best-tasting pizza at the World Pizza Championship in Naples, Italy last year. His pizza was a white pie with zucchini, pancetta, ricotta, and herbed cream cheese.

We were hoping to try the winning (almost) pie, but for some messed up reason they don't make it at their restaurant - a load of crap! We ordered what seemed like the closest thing to it: spinach and ricotta pie. Plus, we had a regular cheese pizza. Both were really good, but maybe not worth making a the two hour trip again.

The ferry ride to Staten Island is pretty. The coast guard passed us with their big guns on the front and back of their boat. We passed the Statue of Liberty. She just stood there.