"When The Moon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza....Square"

Pizza in the morning, pizza in the evening, pizza at supper time, when you're in Roma you can have pizza anytime! Just as the pizza bagel commercial rings true so does the above. During the year I lived in Rome, Italy I consumed more pizza than I've eaten up to that point in my life. The different combination of pizza toppings was astounding. Yes, NY is supposed to have the best of the best pizza and our 'hidden' secret is apparently the H2O but no water in the world could make the pizza elsewhere be as mouth-watering as in Italy, specifically bella Roma (I don't care that some say Napoli is the real pizza region). Artichoke, Lombardis, John's and Grimaldis are all great attempts at being spectacular pizzerias but aren't even comparable once trying the crusty yet soft cheesy square abroad. My personal favorite, eggplant pizza aka a mini orgasm in your mouth. Parmesan and mozzarella joined together and melted as if they were beshert, crisp yet chewy eggplant diced up, a splash of marinara all plopped in the perfect amount atop a freshly baked square of dense yet not 'heavy' dough. Pizza is not just a set slice from a round pie in Italy, instead the shop employee cuts the amount of pizza the customer would like with scissors from the remainder of the long square pizza. Scary concept for the person who's eyes are bigger than their stomach aka moi! Who knew my first orgasm would be from a pizza...not from a pizzeria even but a bakery! This bakery, just off of Via Della Lungara, is still somehow a hidden gem, while most of my classmates would walk themselves to the corner pizzeria which with out argument was a divine pizzeria, still did not match the bakery I found on a random walk one day. So with a book in hand I would schlep myself over to the bakery between classes. At first I would point and scrunch my fingers to show the size square I desired to the non-English speaking shop owners. As my visits became more frequent, without fail just the way I wanted my pizza inspired my first formed sentences in Italiano. Other deliciouso combinations  at this bakery included buttered potato, plump juicy tomato senza anything else, prosciutto, artichoke tuna and 4 cheese including pungent gorgonzola. The smells wafting from this bakery alone could trick a person into being hungry. "Just Salad" and "Hale and Hearty" just dont compare for lunch, but what can ya do?