Sicilian Pizza in California

You might be familiar with New York, Neapolitan, Detroit, or Chicago-style pizza, but another kind has been gaining popularity in Northern California, and that is Sicilian-style pizza. Sicilian pizza is a square style pan pizza with a thick focaccia-like crust. It’s crunchy on the bottom and soft and pillowy in the middle. Square pizza at Melo’s Italian Table in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Nov. 11, 2023. (Helen Billings/The Epoch Times) According to the website ALOR Italy, Sicilian pizza is derived from “sfincione,” a focaccia-style type of pizza sold by the slice as street food common to Palermo, Sicily’s capital. It has been around since the 17th century. In the Sicilian dialect, “sfincione” means “large sponge.”...