"Ameci Pizza and Pasta with Gilli Nissim" is Episode 463 of Doughboys, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Ameci Pizza and Pasta with Gilli Nissim" was released on September 12, 2024.
"Tomorrow… with Gilli Nissim" - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
Gilli Nissim (@time2getgill, The Other Two) joins the 'boys to talk Tiki Mirage, writers' room eats, and pizza preferences before a review of Ameci Pizza and Pasta. Plus, another edition of Slop Quiz.
Nick's intro[]
New Amsterdam
In 1924*, Dutch settlers founded the city of New Amsterdam. If that name sounds unfamiliar, you may know it by the name assigned by the British crown after assuming control of the settlement in 1664: New York.
New York City, also known as the “Big Apple” and the “City that Never Sleeps,” would go on to become the most populous city in the new nation of America, as well as one of the most famous cities in the entire world. Musicians from Frank Sinatra to Beyoncé have even serenaded the center of habitation and culture in beloved songs. But what if a resident of New York City were to move all the way across the country to the city of Los Angeles?
This unprecedented cross-continental displacement was exactly what Nick Andrisano did in 1979, trading the subways of New York for the freeways of Los Angeles. Andrisano quickly noticed something was missing in the Southern California metropolis, also known as the "City of Angels," or simply “L.A.”: Italian food. New York City boasts a thriving Italian culinary scene, most notably pizza served in a signature “New York style,” due to its sizable population of Italian immigrants and their descendants. But Los Angeles, a settlement that borders the Pacific Ocean as opposed to the Atlantic, and is historically linked to Mexico and its Spanish colonizers, has far weaker ties to the European nation of Italy.
So Andrisano, himself an Italian-American whose family operated a pizza restaurant or pizzeria in New York, opened an upscale Italian establishment in Los Angeles, which quickly grew to three locations. After partnering with fellow Italian-American Angelo Falato, the duo opened a fast-casual version of the concept, which today has forty restaurants, not just in Los Angeles, but across California, which is the most populous of the fifty United States.
Today, New York and Los Angeles continue to be different in many ways. But in other, perhaps even more significant ways, the two cities are alike. And one of those ways, thanks to trailblazers like Nick Andrisano, is the availability of pizza… and pasta.
This week on Doughboys… Ameci Pizza and Pasta.
[*Nick meant 1624.]
Fork rating[]
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | - | 2.5 forks |
| Mike Mitchell | - | 3.5 forks |
| Gilli Nissim | Build Your Own Pizza:
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3 forks |
| shared |
|
Susser offered his rating for Ameci of 2.5 forks.
Slop Quiz: The Palette Palette[]
In this segment, Nick presents a food-related exam and Mitch and the guest compete to see who gets more questions right.
For this episode, Nick shows them a color palette and they have to guess which fast-food brand it corresponds too.
| color palette | Mike Mitchell | Gilli Nissim | correct | score (MM - GN) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| purple/yellow/pink/white/blue | Taco Bell | Taco Bell | 1 - 0 | |
| red/orange/tan/white | Burger King | Burger King | 2 - 0 | |
| gray/blue/white/red/brown | Chevron | Wendy's | 2 - 0 | |
| black/light green/yellow/orange/white | Del Taco | Del Taco | 2 - 1 | |
| blue/white/blue/orange/gray | White Castle | White Castle | 3 - 1 | |
| white/orange/tan/pink/brown | Dunkin' | A&W
Baskin Robbins |
Dunkin' | 4 - 1 |
| mint green/white/green/red | Starbucks | Sbarro | Krispy Kreme | 4 - 1 |
| blue/red/white/light orange/light blue | - | Sonic | Dairy Queen | 4 - 1 |
| brown/orange/white/black | Arby's | A&W | A&W | 4 - 2 |
| dark green/orange/yellow/light green/green | Jollibee | Tropical Starburst
Baja Fresh |
Jamba | 4 - 2.5 |
| pink/white/green/red | Sbarro
Ameci |
Ameci Pizza and Pasta | 5 - 2.5 |
Mitch wins!
The Lettuce Rap[]
| “ |
Onions, feta, I'm a freak |
” |
Roast Spoonman[]
Dream Scenario
| “ | Cream Scenario | ” |
–Nydos | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | Nick: I told you not to do it, Mitch! Then you did it and now you feel bad. Mitch: (sadly) Yeah. |
” |
–The Doughboys re: The Lettuce Rap | ||
| “ | Nick: We're really weighed with carbs. That's what we're powering through.<br
Gilli: Hey, I didn't notice, if that helps. I expected this little from you. |
” |
–Gilli re: The Doughboys | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | Do you have any food-based pet peeves? | ” |
–Nick in TX | ||
| guest / host | food pet peeves |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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| Mike Mitchell |
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| Gilli Nissim | sandwiches aren't wet enough |
| Gemmi | when her food bowl is empty |
#hashtags[]
- #MyFoodPetPeeve
Drops and Plugs[]
munching Munchers
| reference | notes |
|---|---|
| Tim Heidecker "Is that what you do on every episode?" | in Mitch's drop (by Daniel) |
| Twisted Metal | Mitch and Gilli's plug |
Related Episodes[]
| Gilli Nissim episodes |
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Photos[]
