Two New York pizzerias, both alike in dignity, prospered in the Big Apple as coal-fired descendants of the same famed Italian ancestor: Pasquale “Patsy” Lancieri, the inventor of by-the-slice pizza.

Patsy Cline‘s big break came due to her immeasurable talent, but it was also due in part to her mother’s support and determination to help her daughter. Hilda Hensley was 16 when she gave birth to ...