Nov. 10—Like a lot of pizza enthusiasts, Chris and Caran Hayes have always loved authentic wood-fired pies. But they never thought much about recreating them at home until, in 2017, they took a hands-on cooking class while on vacation with friends in Napa, California.
It was so much fun that, when they were planning a remodel of their Ben Avon kitchen and patio a little while later, they included an Italian-made Mugnaini pizza oven in the design.
Actually, it was his idea to have the $10,000, pre-assembled import freighted all the way from California to his backyard. His wife had to be talked into it.
