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Why New York Pizza Is Folded And The Itsthewater Legend

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The role of high-gluten flour

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Fun Facts

Fun Fact

Pizza physics: Folding a pizza works because of a 19th-century math theorem by Carl Friedrich Gauss showing that flat sheets can only bend in one direction at a time.

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Quizzes

Quiz

What is the name of the mathematical theorem that explains the structural rigidity of a folded pizza slice?

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Which 19th-century mathematician's theorem explains why folding a New York pizza slice keeps it stiff?

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What specific type of wheat is primarily used to produce the high-gluten flour for New York pizza?

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Which geometric shape does a folded New York pizza slice mimic to prevent the tip from drooping?

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Which New York City borough was home to the first licensed pizzeria in the United States?

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What protein content percentage is typical for the high-gluten flour used in classic New York pizza dough?

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How does folding a New York pizza slice help manage the liquid toppings during transport?

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In what year did Lombardi's, widely recognized as America's first licensed pizzeria, open in New York?

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Glosario

Glossary
gaussian curvature (noun)
An intrinsic measure of the curvature of a surface at a given point. Carl Friedrich Gauss used this mathematical concept to explain why a folded pizza slice resists drooping.

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Gossip

Gossip

What is the best way to eat a pizza slice?

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Videos

dash The role of high-gluten flour

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dash The anatomy of the fold

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dash Street food on the move

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dash The geometry of the slice

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