Naples, Italy (photos by Brad A Johnson)

The goal: Find the best pizza in Naples.

“But hasn’t it already been determined that Michele makes the best pizza in Naples?” asks a friend in London who travels to Italy often just to eat.

“Really?” I ask. “Says who?”

“I don’t know,” he says. “Everybody?”

I email a chef with long ties to Naples. He emails back: “Michele makes the best pizza.”

I obviously need more opinions. So I email the chef at the new Romeo Hotelin Naples. He’s a native Napolitano, just back from a stint at the acclaimed Fat Duck in England…  Continue reading →