Originating in Naples, the calzone has been best described as a folded pizza. Translated as "pants leg" it is a favorite street food that can be eaten on the go. It is made with bread dough that is coated with marinara sauce layered with browned, crumbled sausage and topped with mozzarella, then folded over into a half moon and baked in a hot oven. It is a one person pizza conveniently made portable.
Typically the stromboli is made without sauce and has a distinctly different shape. The bread dough is rolled out in a large rectangle, topped with cheese, meats and veggies, then rolled into a log shape before being baked in the oven. And according to Bill Daily of the Chicago Tribune, the stromboli originated in Essington, PA just south of Philadelphia International Airport. It was back in 1950 that Nazzareno "Nat" Romano developed the concept and made some samples for neighbors of his pizza shop. But he couldn't come up with a suitable title for his new creation. It was a friend, soon to become a relative, that blurted out "Stromboli!" recalling the stir that the movie of the same name starring Ingrid Bergman had caused when she and her producer had a child while both being married to someone else. But if you prefer a more sedate explanation, Stromboli is also a volcanic island off the coast of Sicily.
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