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Pizza outta a vending machine -- piping hot too | Italy

In Italy, a Vending Machine Even Makes the Pizza. The title of the article alone is intriguing, no?

In short, 56-year-old Claudio Torghele, an entrepreneur from Rovereto, a northern Italian city two hours shy of Milan, has developed a vending machine that cooks pizza...and he calls it "Let's Pizza." The machine doesn't heat-up frozen pizza; rather, there's a window where the customer can watch -- after pressing a button to choose 1 of 4 varieties (Margherita; Bacon; Ham; or Fresh Greens) -- flour and water mixed together to form dough that's pressed into a 12-inch disk; then tomato paste is spread onto the dough and cheese is sprinkled.

The pizza is then baked in an infrared oven for 3 minutes. When done, the pizza is slipped onto a cardboard tray and popped out into the customer's hands. All for the equivalent of $4.50.

More: (source & photo credit) In Italy, a Vending Machine Even Makes the Pizza @ New York Times

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