Regional town using pizza to lure newcomers from across the globe

Regional town using pizza to lure newcomers from across the globe

Discover how the Local Connect program has attracted essential workers like Aleena and Rijo to regional NSW, boosting local communities.

3 Basic Ingredients, a Million Possibilities: How Small Pizzerias Succeed With Uniqueness in an Age of Chain Restaurants

WASHINGTON — At its heart, pizza is deceptively simple. Made from just a few humble ingredients – baked dough, tangy sauce, melted cheese and maybe a few toppings – it might seem like a perfect candidate for the kind of mass-produced standardization that defines many global food chains, where predictable menus reign supreme. Yet, visit two pizzerias in different towns – or even on different blocks of the same town – and you’ll find that pizza st…