Pizza Blog from pizzatherapy.com

Barrett  discusses Neapolitan and New York style pizza. She opens with the history of pizza and the differences between AVPN, New York, Tomato Pie and New Haven Apizza (Ah-beets). Sprinkled throughout the book are sketches of pizza luminaries such as Penny Pollack (Everybody Loves Pizza), Mark Bello (Pizza A Casa), Roberto Caporuscio (Don Antonio by Starita), Peter Reinhart (American Pie) and Adam Kuban (Slice). Each type of American pie is described and dissected. She covers Detroit, St. Louis, California, Sicilian and Grandma style pizzas. Barrett’s pizza knowledge is extensive and she has a unique gift to distill the information into delectable slices. As an added benefit recipes for most styles are included. This makes this a true hands on volume as the recipes can be replicated by the home pizza chef. You can learn not only the history of each type of pie but also how to make it with step by step instructions. She even added to the knowledge base of pizza by describin...

Incredible class about the pizza business from John Arena.... Listen in as John explains what goes into creating the History and Culture of Pizza. Student's learn the pizza business from the inside out. They start by learning the basics of what it takes to open a pizza restaurant. They go through all of the steps that are need by learning all of the steps needed to open a pizza restaurant. As a final exam the students need to present their idea to potential investors and convince them their pizza restaurant is viable. John says the magic happens as students start to talk about their pizzeria as their restaurant and actually take ownership of the restaurant and start talking in terms of this being their restaurant. If you would like more information about this course: You can contact John Arena at this email address: jcdurango @ embarqmail.com or at Metro Pizza

This video is a great historical slide show of pizza at the New York world's Fair 1964-1965. The opening lines in the video state this exhibit: "This is a pavillion of pleasure..." As you watch this video slide show you will hear a "beep" as each new slide is presented. This sound is what triggered the movement of the next slide. It is kind of irritating but necessary. But for the history of pizza this is a priceless show. This gives the history of pizza as seen through the eyes of: "The Pizza King: Mastro Pizza". During the New York world's Fair, pizza was not known as widely as it is now. Sure it was in New York, New Haven, Providence, Chicago, San Francisco, and other big cities with an Italian population. And that's where pizza stayed for a long time... Pizza was certainly not mainstream. This is a great video: THE Pizza King! MASTRO PIZZA '64-'65 NY Worlds Fair Video Frank (Mastro) Ferrentino, MD adds a descri...