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CairoScene
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
Rino's Pizza Debuts in Diplo Al Sahel and Cairo is Up Next
Rino's Pizza Debuts in Diplo Al Sahel and Cairo is Up Next 'It all started in my backyard,' Ramy Rainer, founder of Rino's Pizza, tells SceneEats. 'Inviting friends for pizza nights over candle-lit dinners.' For the past three years, Rainer has been buried deep in the world of Neapolitan pizza - reading, researching, even building his own brick oven. What began as a series of cultish Cairo pop-ups has now, somewhat tentatively, found a home. This summer, Rino's is taking up seasonal residency at Diplo 3, Sahel's sun-soaked, see-and-be-seen summer playground. The pop-ups, Rainer admits, always lacked one thing. 'People got the pizza, but not the mood, the full experience of being in the place, feeling the heat of the oven, the energy of the kitchen.' The Diplo branch is an attempt to fix that. 'People have been asking for a 'Rino's place' for so long. I wanted to give them a space, but just for the summer. After Sahel, we'll open in Cairo.' The Diplo space is deliberately pared back: an open-air terrace beneath a vine-wrapped pergola, with Rino's signature terracotta red wrapping the facade and framing the open kitchen - both the physical and emotional centre of the operation. With just six seats, the layout is built for intimacy. A spot for true pizza devotees. Rino's forthcoming Cairo branch, by contrast, will be an entirely different stage. At its centre: a single, hulking brick oven, designed as a kind of live-performance altar where pizza-makers work like theatre actors - flipping dough, coaxing flames, drawing in diners as their audience. 'It's like a movie,' Rainer says. A Neapolitan shrine, of sorts. What's the secret to the perfect Neapolitan dough? Rainer doesn't hesitate. 'Two things,' he says. 'First, fermentation, very specific temperatures, really longgggg time. That's how you get the dough so airy, so light it's almost a cloud.' And the second? 'It's all about the sweet spot, when the crust is just about to burn, but not quite. That's where the flavour lives.' It's not something you time. 'It's in the hands.' And what kind of community does he hope to build at Diplo? 'I just want people who really love Neapolitan pizza, people who get it. It's not about being fancy. It's about quality. The magic is in the details.' That rigour goes far beyond technique. 'We always thrive to use the best ingredients we can get, from the flour, salt, and water in the dough, to the toppings on each pizza. Everything is top-notch. That's what makes the difference.'
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Former Kentucky AG who handled Breonna Taylor probe promptly announces Senate bid to replace Mitch McConnell
Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron on Thursday announced that he is running to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in the upper chamber of Congress. Cameron, who was Kentucky's first Black attorney general, announced his Senate campaign just minutes after McConnell said he would not seek re-election in 2026. "Kentucky, it's time for a new generation of leadership in the U.S. Senate. Let's do this," Cameron wrote on X, sharing a screenshot of himself, his wife and their children seen on the Daniel Cameron U.S. Senate campaign website. Fox News Digital reached out to Cameron's campaign for comment but did not immediately hear back. 'Good Riddance': Maga Reacts To 'Rino' Mitch Mcconnell Senate Exit A seven-term senator, McConnell announced on his 83rd birthday that he would not seek re-election and would retire at the end of his term. McConnell recently voted against several of President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks: National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. McConnell voted in favor of Kash Patel, whom the Senate confirmed as Trump's FBI director on Thursday. Read On The Fox News App In a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Chair Tim Scott, R-S.C., said McConnell has "dedicated his life to public service and the state he loves" and "our country is grateful for his leadership and legacy of confirming conservative judges and justices, and safeguarding the Republican Senate Majority." "Kentucky is a red state, so the NRSC is confident that our eventual nominee will be a principled, America First conservative who will join our Majority's fight for our nation's Golden Era," Scott said. Cameron has long been groomed to become McConnell's replacement. He unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2023 against two-term Democrat Andy Beshear. In his first year as attorney general, Cameron handled the investigation into Breonna Taylor's shooting death during a March 2020 Louisville police raid at a time when George Floyd-era protests and riots swept the nation. His office ultimately declined to charge two officers who opened fire, but indicted a third on wanton endangerment over bullets that entered a neighbor's apartment. That officer was acquitted in a state trial, but the Justice Department brought federal charges against all three. Sen Mitch Mcconnell Announces He Will Not Run For Re-election Cameron, the current CEO of the 1792 Exchange, a non-profit that aims to hold companies accountable for pushing a "far-left ideology," might face GOP primary competition. Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., reiterated Thursday that he is "considering running for Senate because Kentucky deserves a Senator who will fight for President Trump and the America First Agenda." "I've done that every day in the House and would do so in the Senate," Barr said. "I'm encouraged by the outpouring of support and my family and I will be making a decision about our future soon." Nate Morris, an entrepreneur serving as chairman and CEO of the Louisville-based Morris Industries, said last week he was still considering a run for McConnell's seat, while slamming other potential candidates waiting for McConnell to back out first. "If you're asking for a permission slip to run for office here in Kentucky from Mitch McConnell, then you shouldn't be running in the first place," Morris said. "The last thing Kentucky needs is another puppet for Mitch McConnell running for office." As for Democrats, Beshear's spokesman Eric Hyers said in a post on X that the governor would not be running to fill McConnell's seat. Democratic state Rep. Pamela Stevenson of Louisville has long been fundraising to run for McConnell's seat, according to the Courier Journal. Kentucky leans red in federal elections, such as Senate races, but has been more competitive during gubernatorial contests. Fox News' Paul Steinhauser contributed to this article source: Former Kentucky AG who handled Breonna Taylor probe promptly announces Senate bid to replace Mitch McConnell
