"Sagra" means "festival" in Italian. I might suggest renaming the event next year La "Sacra" Slices, meaning "sacred," as the pizza and meatballs served by some 30 culinary artisans can only be described as "heavenly." After climbing the stairway, er, escalator, to heaven at Pier 92's rooftop event space, you're greeted by a constellation of twinkling lights from the surrounding skyscrapers and cruise ships.

In contrast to this heavenly scene on a beautiful night last Thursday to officially open the NYCWFF activities with temperatures in the mid-60s, the air itself became distorted by waves of smoke and heat from at least 10 separate wood burning furnaces representing the gates of hell with temperatures approaching 1000 degrees.

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