Red & white tie-dyed hat with Findlay Pizza embroidery

Leopard spotting

The phenomenon whereby small bubbles along the rim of a pizza puff up and are burned black. Mostly happens in the intense heat of a wood-fired oven (but sometimes in coal-ovens or other blazing-hot ovens). If done right, the spots aren’t acrid or bitter, and they are actually a desirable trait among many pizza fans and pizza-makers.