The crew at Basilleo’s in Faribault. From left to right is Tom Lester, Erik Nelson, Dallas Andrew (green visor), Lori Nelson and Brad Nelson. (Photos by Tom Nelson/southernminn.com)
By TOM NELSON Guest Contributor
Basilleo’s owner Tom Lester creates a pizza in the restaurant’s kitchen in Faribault.
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rom its humble beginnings in Greece and Italy as a flatbread topped with tomatoes, garlic and seasonal vegetables, pizza has grown into one of the world’s most popular foods — and according to the Nosta
Restaurant website, around 5 billion pizzas are eaten each year around the world. The exact origin of the word pizza is unknown, but this favorite food took a major step into the spotlight in 1889 when Raffaele Esposito, a well known
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