Joe Aurelio displays a pizza in progress in the Homewood store's kitchen. All of Aurelio's pizzas, pastas, and other offerings are produced using fresh ingredients and authentic Calabrian recipes. See the story on pages 16 and 17. (Karen Torme Olson/H-F Chronicle)
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Joe Aurelio displays a pizza in progress in the Homewood store's kitchen. All of Aurelio's pizzas, pastas, and other offerings are produced using fresh ingredients and authentic Calabrian recipes. See the story on pages 16 and 17. (Karen Torme Olson/H-F Chronicle)
Joe Aurelio displays a pizza in progress in the Homewood store’s kitchen. All of Aurelio’s pizzas, pastas, and other offerings are produced using fresh ingredients and authentic Calabrian recipes. See the story on pages 16 and 17. (Karen Torme Olson/H-F Chronicle)

When Joseph Aurelio Jr. opened the doors to his four-table Italian eatery in August 1959 on Ridge Road in Homewood, his dream was to specialize in serving the thin-crust pizza made from recipes that…

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Karen Torme Olson is an award-winning journalist, author, teacher, and recently retired secondary school counselor. For the last four decades, she has crafted stories and photos for numerous publishing outlets, including the Chicago Tribune, Google, Stars and Stripes, Frommer’s Travel Guides, and most recently the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle. She received her doctoral degree in Administration and Supervision from Loyola University Chicago in 2006 and subsequently discovered that her most rewarding writing assignments involved crafting letters of recommendation for the hundreds of talented students who sought her counsel at Homewood Flossmoor High School over the last 19 years. She is mom to three sons and grandma to one grandson. She lives in Olympia Fields with her husband Randy Weissman, two spoiled rescue dogs, and two imperious cats.

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