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  • Instead, she usually ordered something called a "margherita," which was just tomato-and-cheese in disguise.

    Every Secret Thing Lippman, Laura, 1959- 2003

  • The menu was really simple just two kinds of pizzas I had the margherita which is just cheese, tomate, olive oil and basil.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009

  • Nella herself (that's Italian pizza pro Nella Grassano) oversees a menu stacked with traditional pizzas such as margherita and funghi as well as specialties such as the Vesuvius, two rounds of pizza dough stacked atop each other with toppings placed between them so that the top pie peaks and releases smoke during baking.

    chicagotribune.com - 2009

  • Via Tribunali is giving away a free margherita pizza and $3 Peroni beers to anyone who rides their bike to the restaurant.

    Ride Bike, Eat Free Pizza, Drink Cheap Beer « PubliCola 2010

  • Most of the menu's 10 pizzas are standard—marinara, margherita, and the like.

    Pairing Pies, Paintings 2011

  • GOLD to go A gold coin-op in Abu Dhabi In Rome last year, Italian entrepreneur Claudio Torghele debuted Let's Pizza, a vending machine housing a robot that turns flour, tomato sauce and water into a pizza pie in three minutes and for $6, about half the price of an average margherita pizza in Rome.

    Automatic for the People Nick Haramis 2011

  • The lunch menu includes hearty classics, such as a brisket sandwich with caramelized onions, cherry peppers and gruyere fonduta for $14, and a margherita chicken sandwich with roasted cherry tomatoes, mozzarella and pesto aioli for $13.

    Per Diem 2012

  • But do stop for pizza at Brandi the inventor of the margherita pizza and visit the spectacular Alfonso Artiaco art gallery, a lesser known treat.

    Laura Dave: Checking Out Laura Dave 2011

  • The customer presses a button to choose one of four varieties — margherita (plain cheese and tomato sauce), bacon, ham or fresh greens.

    Archive 2009-03-08 Tyler 2009

  • The customer presses a button to choose one of four varieties — margherita (plain cheese and tomato sauce), bacon, ham or fresh greens.

    I need to renew my passport RIGHT NOW Tyler 2009

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  • Margherita designates "a pizza topped with cheese, tomatoes, and traditionally also basil" (Oxford English Dictionary).

    August 26, 2011