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The Big Green Pizza Truck Imagine not having to go out for pizza. I don't mean just having pizza delivered, I mean having entire pizzeria come to your door. I kept hearing stories, about the big green pizza truck, a mobile pizzeria, with a full on, wood fired pizza oven, in the back. I knew I had to track down the truck. I finally found Douglas Coffin , the owner and operator. He not only agreed to do the interview but he was very forthcoming about the Pizza Business and his pizza truck. The interview follows: Albert : Hi Douglas. How did you get started with the pizza truck: What came first the pizza or the truck? What is your pizza background and how did you get interested in pizza? Because I feel, to make you pizza, you need to have a passion for it. Douglas : I am sorry to disappoint the pizza fanatics - I am not a pizza nut. I am a caterer and the truck grew out of my catering background, not a passion for pizza. For many years I have felt that the best food is that which is ...

The entire pizza community is saddened. A legendary New York, pizzeria, caught fire, and sustained major damage. Totonno's , located on Coney Island is one of the few pizza establishments that makes it's pizza in a coal fired oven. Unfortunately, the fire may have started in the oven. Ed Levine , noted pizza expert, was right on this story. Read Ed's post. According to the New York Daily News: the "blaze at Totonno's - which some foodies say serves the best pies in the city - broke out at 9:30 a.m. and spread to the roof, causing extensive damage, officials and witnesses said. No one was injured, but fans bemoaned the temporary loss of a culinary institution." Read the enitre story on this page: http://tiny.cc/Xoz4t Totonno's has been in continuous operation since 1924, making it one of the oldest pizzerias in the country. The pizza at Totonno's is incredible. Legend of pizza, Evelyn Sloman , learned to make pizza there. She credits T...