And now, a wave of Italian Pizza with a Kerala accent
The Hindu
Home-grown pizza brands using locally sourced produce and cheese are evolving, much to the delight of a growing locked-down audience, hungry for comfort food
The tagline of Paulettan’s Pizzeria in Thrissur starts with ‘sayippinte nanma, hungry Paulnte packing...’ (foreigner’s deliciousness, packed by hungry Paul) sums up the rising popularity of made-in-Kerala pizza brands. Paulettan’s, launched in May 2021, is part of a growing movement. Homegrown brands in Kerala are reinventing the popular Italian pizza, embracing it’s comforting familiarity, while reinterpreting it by merging locally sourced ingredients with meticulous Italian-inspired techniques. And, with more people working from, and entertaining at, home, sales have been steadily rising all through the pandemic.![](/newspic/picid-1269750-20250212004700.jpg)
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