The Food Channel Rebuffs Pizza Website: Back Off!
It was a simple email with a simple request but it unleashed a firestorm of controversy. Believe me all I wanted to do was to promote a pizza show on my website and in my newsletter. After all, I have a highly targeted list of rabid pizza fans. Let me explain... I had heard that Chef Bobby Flay of The Food Channel, would be going head to head with a famous pizzaiolo. He called it a "Throwdown with Bobby Flay". He featured Giorgio Giove the reputed pizza king at Brother's Pizzeria in Staten Island. Both chefs would make pizzas. Both would be judged by a non-biased judge. What a great idea, I thought. I would write a feature article about the " Throw-down " and feature it in an edition of "Pizza News", my on-line ezine. (Subscribe by going to http://pizzatherapy.com ). Here is my email to The Food Channel: My name is Albert Grande of pizzatherapy.com I understand Bobby Flay will be doing an upcoming show about pizza, where does a Throwdown with a p...