Prisoners Learn to Make Pizza in Chicago

Jun 10, 2017 1299

BY: Dan Friedell

Chef Bruno Abate owns one of the best pizzerias in Chicago. His restaurant makes thin pizzas, heated in an oven with a wood-burning fire. They come with toppings like mushrooms, onions, olives, tomatoes and Italian meats. Each pizza sells for between $12 and $18 at Abate’s restaurant, Tocco.

But did you know you can get a similar pizza for half the price at the Cook County Jail in Chicago? Abate leads a cooking school at the jail. He shows prisoners how to make pizza, pasta, and Italian ice cream, called gelato. The cooking school is called “Recipe for Change.”

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