pizzaiola
1 of 2noun
piz·za·io·la ˌpēt-sə-ˈyō-lə 
plural pizzaiolas or pizzaiole ˌpēt-sə-ˈyō-(ˌ)lā
1
: a pizza maker : pizzaiolo
I've made hundreds of oven-baked pizzas and consider myself a pretty skilled pizzaiola, but my first attempt at grilled pizza was a nightmare.
Matthew Card
Matthew Card specifically : a female pizza maker
Sophia Loren, who portrayed a pizzaiola selling fried pizza in the 1954 film classic The Gold of Naples … Daniel Young
Daniel Young 2
: a tomato sauce incorporating olive oil, garlic, and oregano that is typically paired with meat or pasta
… ricotta and spinach dumpling with pizzaiola. The (London) Evening Standard
The (London) Evening Standardpizzaiola
2 of 2adjective
: prepared with a pizzaiola tomato sauce (see pizzaiola entry 1 sense 2) —used postpositively
Cooking up an Italian veal pizzaiola with baked potatoes … Annita KateeDishes include tuna croquette with puttanesca sauce, spaghetti and clams, polenta with scallops and citrus and monkfish pizzaiola. Leeanne Griffin
Annita KateeDishes include tuna croquette with puttanesca sauce, spaghetti and clams, polenta with scallops and citrus and monkfish pizzaiola. Leeanne Griffin
Word History
Etymology
Noun
borrowed from Italian, feminine of pizzaiolo, pizzaiuolo pizzaiolo; in sense 2, noun derivative of pizzaiola pizzaiola entry 2
Adjective
borrowed from Italian, short for alla pizzaiola (Neapolitan dialect â pizzaiòla), literally, "in the manner of a pizza-maker"
First Known Use
Noun
1999, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
1932, in the meaning defined above