Hania never cared much for pizza until she was diagnosed with celiac disease. You always desire that which you can’t have. Back then – 2001 – there were not a lot of gluten-free products, and few pizza places made gluten-free crusts. Things changed as eating gluten-free became trendy. Pizzas appeared with cauliflower crusts, which were OK, though hard, crispy, and not very tasty. They were all about what was on top of them.
Each time a new pizzeria opened, we tried its gluten-free pizza. Patio Bar & Pizza, Mister01, Pommarola. They all disappointed, especially Mister01. The guy got a special visa for this!?!
Last night we went to the new Emmy Squared, next to Fresh Market, which specializes in Detroit-style pizza. I hoped that the thicker crust, even its gluten-free version, might save us from the cardboard-like crusts we’d been eating – and it did! I was reminded of the rectangular slices I used to eat at the Italian Bakery in Phillipsburg, NJ, which were basically tomato sauce on top of baked dough and were so delicious you could eat them cold. Emmy’s crust was moist and chewy – words rarely associated with gluten-free – and the sauce and cheese were just as tasty. We finally found a great gluten-free pizza in Broward Country!
