Everything About Brandoni Pepperoni's Pizzas Scream Los Angeles | Bon Appétit
"A home-based pizza pop-up run by chef Brandon Gray that functions as a cheese-forward, West Coast–rooted homage to his Los Angeles upbringing; orders are placed by text and picked up at the chef’s Baldwin Hills home. The cooking reflects professional technique (informed by stints at Providence and Trois Mec) and proud California provenance: a 24-hour fermented dough made from very fine Tipo 00, stone-ground Buratto, and a heritage Rouge de Bordeaux flour for extra wheat-y flavor; a sauce of tomatoes cooked down for hours with dried oregano and thyme, high-quality garlic, and Thai chile powder for smoky spice; a nostalgic, maple-sweet sausage inspired by Jimmy Dean but punched up with Kashmiri chile, smoked paprika, and Thai chile; top-tier Wisconsin mozzarella; and finishing touches like leafy broccolini (whose leaves crisp in the oven), yellow broccolini flowers and purple borage for contrast, and a garlic oil made by poaching the farm garlic in high-quality olive oil. One signature pie, named Colors, is meant to capture the chef’s personality—bold, rhythmic, and full of punch." - ByElyse Inamine
