Or go pizza-ish with calzone, stromboli, or pepperoni rolls. Each of these recipes works with store-bought dough or homemade dough.

In order for your stromboli to be on par with those at the pizza joint or Italian specialty shop, there's a step you must take so it's crispy and not soggy.

Hot Dish: Stromboli, from McGregor Pizza & Deli Co. Price: $9.99 with pepperoni and ham On the menu since: Oct. 1, 2014 when McGregor Pizza opened How it's made: As with all its breads and pizzas ...

The website for the Paliani's episode lists three recipes that Irvine introduced the restaurant: the ham and pepperoni stromboli, the Carmel sauce, and the Ricotta Cheesecake.

His son, Pete Romano Jr., says the family now makes stromboli in batches of 200 at one time, with all sorts of proofings and risings for the dough. The younger Romano is proud of the results.

We decided to try one of Tunkara’s pepperoni stromboli for $5.49. The stromboli was pretty. It looked like a soft pretzel stuffed with pepperoni and mozzarella. Mark and I split that.

The word “eppie” is slang for pepperoni. The stromboli is believed to have originated in 1950 in Essington, Pa., just outside of Philadelphia, at Romano’s Italian Restaurant.

He urges early ordering for the Super Bowl. The stromboli at Lindsey's was chewy, cheesy and close to perfection. I ordered the regular ($7.75) with capicola, pepperoni and melted provolone.