{"id":7107,"date":"2023-06-18T12:57:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T16:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/?p=7107"},"modified":"2023-06-19T13:24:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T17:24:21","slug":"pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Pizza Quest: A Conversation with Jonathan Goldsmith, of Spacca Napoli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome back to Pizza Quest!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over twenty years ago, after Jonathan Goldsmith fell in love with traditional Napoletana wood-fired pizza while living in Italy and became a mid-life apprentice to the local masters, he decided to bring it back to his hometown of Chicago, where it was still a new thing. <em><strong>Spacca Napoli<\/strong> <\/em>was thus born on the North Side, and has become a pizza pilgrimage destination site ever since, even in pizza-crazed Chicago, loaded with every style of pizza known to man. \u00a0There&#8217;s something about the inner connection that Jonathan has with his pizza roots, a genuine soulful quality, that is experienced by his patrons, who view him as the <em>padrone&#8217;<\/em> of <em>Spacca Napoli<\/em> and as their own connection to the authenticity he so clearly honors. \u00a0Jonathan, who has been featured here before, returns to <em>Pizza Quest<\/em> in this audio-only podcast to elaborate on his unexpected journey in becoming one of pizza&#8217;s most beloved ambassadors of the true craft. \u00a0Click <a href=\"https:\/\/heritageradionetwork.org\/episode\/jonathan-goldsmith-padrone-spacca-napoli-chicago\">here<\/a> for the link to the HRN podcast:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heritageradionetwork.org\/episode\/jonathan-goldsmith-padrone-spacca-napoli-chicago\">https:\/\/heritageradionetwork.org\/episode\/jonathan-goldsmith-padrone-spacca-napoli-chicago\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to Pizza Quest! Over twenty years ago, after Jonathan Goldsmith fell in love with traditional Napoletana wood-fired pizza while living in Italy and became a mid-life apprentice to the local masters, he decided to bring it back to his hometown of Chicago, where it was still a new thing. Spacca Napoli was thus born on the North Side, and has become a pizza pilgrimage destination site ever since,&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/\" title=\"Read More About Pizza Quest: A Conversation with Jonathan Goldsmith, of Spacca Napoli\" class=\"btn btnred\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[450,123,114,126],"class_list":["post-7107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-s4-homepage","category-s1-pizza-quest-webisodes","tag-chicago-pizza","tag-jonathan-goldsmith","tag-pizza-quest","tag-spacca-napoli"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pizza Quest: A Conversation with Jonathan Goldsmith, of Spacca Napoli - Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pizza Quest: A Conversation with Jonathan Goldsmith, of Spacca Napoli - Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Welcome back to Pizza Quest! Over twenty years ago, after Jonathan Goldsmith fell in love with traditional Napoletana wood-fired pizza while living in Italy and became a mid-life apprentice to the local masters, he decided to bring it back to his hometown of Chicago, where it was still a new thing. Spacca Napoli was thus born on the North Side, and has become a pizza pilgrimage destination site ever since,...Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PizzaQuestFornoBravo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-18T16:57:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-19T17:24:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter Reinhart\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Peter Reinhart\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/\",\"name\":\"Pizza Quest: A Conversation with Jonathan Goldsmith, of Spacca Napoli - Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-18T16:57:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-19T17:24:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/#\/schema\/person\/b021fe8612f880c02daed63b08fc5d29\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pizza Quest: A Conversation with Jonathan Goldsmith, of Spacca Napoli\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/\",\"name\":\"Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart\",\"description\":\"A journey of self-discovery through pizza.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/#\/schema\/person\/b021fe8612f880c02daed63b08fc5d29\",\"name\":\"Peter Reinhart\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5e372605bc7a3b559161ec0d9ebb2d0f?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5e372605bc7a3b559161ec0d9ebb2d0f?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Peter Reinhart\"},\"description\":\"Peter Reinhart is a baking instructor at Johnson &amp; Wales University. He was the co-founder of the legendary Brother Juniper\u2019s Bakery in Sonoma, California, and is the author of ten books on bread baking and pizza, including Brother Juniper\u2019s Bread Book and the modern classic The Bread Baker\u2019s Apprentice, which was named cookbook of the year in 2002 by both the James Beard Foundation and the International Association of Culinary Professionals. He is also the author of American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza. He lives with his wife, Susan, in Charlotte, North Carolina.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/author\/peter-reinhart\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pizza Quest: A Conversation with Jonathan Goldsmith, of Spacca Napoli - Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pizza Quest: A Conversation with Jonathan Goldsmith, of Spacca Napoli - Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart","og_description":"Welcome back to Pizza Quest! Over twenty years ago, after Jonathan Goldsmith fell in love with traditional Napoletana wood-fired pizza while living in Italy and became a mid-life apprentice to the local masters, he decided to bring it back to his hometown of Chicago, where it was still a new thing. Spacca Napoli was thus born on the North Side, and has become a pizza pilgrimage destination site ever since,...Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/","og_site_name":"Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PizzaQuestFornoBravo\/","article_published_time":"2023-06-18T16:57:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-19T17:24:21+00:00","author":"Peter Reinhart","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Peter Reinhart","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/","url":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/","name":"Pizza Quest: A Conversation with Jonathan Goldsmith, of Spacca Napoli - Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-06-18T16:57:12+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-19T17:24:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/#\/schema\/person\/b021fe8612f880c02daed63b08fc5d29"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-quest-a-conversation-with-jonathan-goldsmith-of-spacca-napoli\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pizza Quest: A Conversation with Jonathan Goldsmith, of Spacca Napoli"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/","name":"Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart","description":"A journey of self-discovery through pizza.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/#\/schema\/person\/b021fe8612f880c02daed63b08fc5d29","name":"Peter Reinhart","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5e372605bc7a3b559161ec0d9ebb2d0f?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5e372605bc7a3b559161ec0d9ebb2d0f?s=96&r=g","caption":"Peter Reinhart"},"description":"Peter Reinhart is a baking instructor at Johnson &amp; Wales University. He was the co-founder of the legendary Brother Juniper\u2019s Bakery in Sonoma, California, and is the author of ten books on bread baking and pizza, including Brother Juniper\u2019s Bread Book and the modern classic The Bread Baker\u2019s Apprentice, which was named cookbook of the year in 2002 by both the James Beard Foundation and the International Association of Culinary Professionals. He is also the author of American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza. He lives with his wife, Susan, in Charlotte, North Carolina.","url":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/author\/peter-reinhart\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7107"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7121,"href":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107\/revisions\/7121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}