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  • [One day I was lowering a pizza when there was a gust of wind.]

  • [The pizza took off and fell on a customer's face because I didn't have time to warn him.]

  • In the center of Havana, there's a pair of entrepreneurs who are taking pizza delivery to new heights.

  • [I'm Marta one, the older one, and she's Marta two, the younger one.]

  • [Two Hawaiians.]

  • [How much longer for the cheese and onion?]

  • [They're on the way? Great.]

  • [At first, we carried the pizza down the stairs. This would tire us out.]

  • [People started giving us all kinds of ideas until someone suggested we lower the pizza from the balcony in a basket.]

  • In 2010, Marta number one and her husband were granted a private business license and opened up a pizzeria.

  • A few months ago, her husband passed away.

  • Now her best friend is helping her keep the pizzeria alive.

  • [The pizzeria's called A Mi Manera because you order the pizza the way you want it and we make it.]

  • Since then, the pizzeria, which operates from Marta number one's roof, has filled countless stomachs with their secret recipe.

  • [The key to the taste of the pizza is in the dough and the sauce.]

  • [Every pizza maker has their own sauce and dough.]

  • [They don't reveal their secret.]

  • [We've tried to be consistent with our dough. Here it's handmade.]

  • [The quality of this pizza is indisputable. People come form all over to eat our pizza.]

  • [Pizza helps Cubans survive and persevere.]

  • Ever since Marta number two joined Marta number one in business,

  • the two have formed a true partnership.

  • [The two Martas can do whatever they feel is right.]

  • [Either one of us has the power to decide what's missing or what needs to be better for the business.]

  • [I always try to do things while laughing because laughter brightens up the day.]

  • [A smile is tremendously valuable.]

[One day I was lowering a pizza when there was a gust of wind.]

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