Anthony Mongiello, Inventor of the Stuffed Crust Pizza

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Anthony Mongiello

A recent documentary tells the story of how a kid from Brooklyn invented the stuffed crust pizza, sued Pizza Hut for ripping him off, and lost. It is a fascinating story, and left me in no doubt about who actually invented the stuffed crust pizza: Anthony Mongiello, that kid from Brooklyn. But it was the incidental asides Anthony dropped in the documentary, along with a look at Formaggio Cheese, the company he built, that really made me want to talk to him about his family of cheese engineers and his own history as a cheese inventor.

Notes

Take a look at Formaggio Cheese if you want to get a better idea of the “75 different Fresh Mozzarella products” they offer.
Stolen Dough, the documentary, is available on a few streaming channels.
There’s a report of the case that I certainly am not competent to judge on its merits. Still, even if Pizza Hut did not infringe on Anthony Mongiello’s legal rights, the company’s moral judgement leaves a lot to be desired.
Would you like to see Italian mozarella di bufala DOP being made? Of course you would.
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Papa John's Unveils Revolutionary New Pizza - World Today News commented 1 month ago.

[…] crust pizza, popularized by Pizza Hut in 1995, revolutionized the pizza experience. Although Anthony Mongiello claims to have invented it. Other chains, including Domino’s, have since introduced their own […]

Papa Johns Just Introduced a New First-Of-Its-Kind Pizza – Future of Wellness commented 1 month ago.

[…] into our lives when Pizza Hut added the item to its menus in 1995 (although a New York man named Anthony Mongiello has some claims to its invention). Other pizza chains have followed suit over time, including […]

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Juhis commented 1 year ago.

@etp Great discussion!

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