A Burrasca Alum With a Buzzy Salem Pop-Up Will Open a Nonna Pizza Cart in Portland | Eater Portland

"What began as Alejandro Preciado making nonna-style pies for friends and family in Salem evolved into the pandemic-era pop-up Precious Pizza Project (P3), taking orders through Instagram and handing pies off at Ike Box; the Statesman Journal called P3 “Salem’s best new pizza place,” praising its “furrows of sweet tomato sauce and estuaries of melty cheese.” Preciado’s pan pizzas start with a dough of all-purpose and bread flours proofed for about 7–8 hours—long for a traditional nonna pie but short by some Portland sourdough and Neapolitan standards—and he keeps the pies simple with pomodoro, mozzarella, parmigiano, and a hearty dose of basil. His standard offerings include a pepperoni-basil and the Spicy Pineapple Papi (pepperoni, pineapple, jalapeño) drizzled with house-made hot honey bolstered with habaneros and other dried chiles as an ode to his dad, and at the cart he sells those three pies plus a rotating special (past combos have included blue cheese and Bosc pear; spicy garlic sausage and sweet onion; garlic mushrooms and black olives) along with garlic knots and cart-made hot honey and ranch for dunking." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden