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The Unexpected Pizza Topping That Belongs Under The Sauce By Joe Hoeffner Dec. 13, 2025 3:00 pm EST

There are some things in life most of us understand, like how to tie our shoes, our five times tables, and the proper order of pizza toppings. First the crust, then the sauce, then the cheese, and then whatever you want to put on top of the cheese — right? Well, that order of operations won't steer you wrong, but there's another way of doing things that might serve you even better. The Takeout talked to Rob Gentile, the culinary director of Prince St. Pizza , and he said to start putting cheese under the sauce; in fact, doing otherwise might be a homemade pizza mistake .

"I like to put cheese on the bottom, even under the sauce! That's what we do at Prince St. Piz

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