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I was recently contacted by Sky , who just returned from a year in Italy. She has beeen working on a series of short films about the spitituality of food. Here is what she explained: Dear Albert, My name is Sky and I'm a young filmmaker from New York. I recently returned from a year in Italy, where I made a feature-length film, divided into 12 short episodes, on the spirituality of food. The last episode, on la vera pizza napoletana and featuring Naples' most expert pizzaioli, is complete. I thought you'd be interested in seeing it and putting it on Pizza Therapy . Thanks. Hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think - Pizza love, Sky My response: Sky your film is fantastic.  I am very excited about sharing your incredble film. Thanks for this great film...you have showed us an nmatched passion and love for food. And a love for pizza "You've got to put your heart in it... we call that passion..." Here it is: If you are interested in mor...

If you want to learn to make great pizza, you need to eat great pizza. Then the next step is watch great pizza being make. In this episode of the Pizza Blog we journey to the birth place of Modern Pizza, Naples, Italy. You can watch the pizziolo step by step as puts together a simple pizza. First he puts on the sauce, and spreads it out. Next goes the mozzarella cheese. Then he puts on some pepperoni. Watch as he drizzles a little olive oil on the pizza. Simply amazing... pizza on earth, albert Discover More Pizza Videos , Here Internet Marketing, Pizza and Rock and Roll My friend Peter Reinhart went on a quest to find the best pizza in the world. You can discover his story, in American Pie .

The Mario Pizza Oven I just recieved the following email from Rick: "Hello Albert: If you want to see something really revolutionary in making pizza, check out this oven I am bringing into the US from Italy. It is all electric (220 volt, 16 amps); 2 feet square, weighs 100 pounds, and heats up to 830 degrees F. It cooks a pizza in under 2 minutes. I have demonstrated this to several professional chefs here in Houston, and all of them want it. Please check out the video on my website and watch the demo. It will take you to my partners site in Italy. I would like to have your thoughts. The end product is a perfectly crafted pizza that has the char, texture, flavor, aroma of a pizza made in an expensive and high maintenance wood burning oven. I am also bringing the dough and sauce in from Italy as well (fantastic product). I do know my pizza, having lived in NY, been to the great ones in New Haven, CT , ( Albert's side bar: Pepe's , Sally's , Modern ) and of course, Ita...

Our own, Tony Gemignani made pizza history recently, at the International Pizza Makers Challenge - 2 Mari Trofeo Internationale Pizza Per Tutti 2008 . He accomplished what no other pizzaiolo has ever done: he won first place in three categories at the International Pizza Competition. He became the winner of the Triple Crown of Pizza . Tony who was featured in Legends of Pizza Volume 2 , proved once again he is a World Pizza Champion . Tony G. showcases a prized pizza in Italy. I had the honor of taking him to lunch in Honolulu, a couple of years ago. I'm thinking: maybe Tony would enjoy some sushi, or Dim Sum or perhaps Korean food. I was ready to suggest we go grab a Hawaiian Plate lunch. "What do you want to eat?" I asked. "Pizza" he replied. "I want to eat pizza". And that's exactly what we had for lunch. We went to Antonio's New York Style Pizza , in Kahala. And there was not much left over. Tony recently discussed his win: "This was...