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Meet Sharlene...she has a pizza dream. She wants to spread the passion of pizza. I met Sharlene and her husband at Pizza Expo.  They were both personable and friendly. They shared their dream of making pizza. They displayed heart. They showed their passion. Sharlene explained to me she was a professional photographer.  This was her day job. She got paid to take pictures. "Nice job", I thought. He husband was a techie. He designed and created software. They explained the dream was to move to Hawaii and open a pizzeria . They said they were moving to Maui.. Hawaii can always use another great pizza place. But why am I always meeting people who are moving to Maui ? (BTW: If you are coming to Maui, click HERE )  (I tried to explain, that if they were coming to Hawaii, I had great resources, for them. Unfortunately, they already had all the answers...they had no questions. All the answers! Hmm I thought...) I tried to tell them about the Best Book to Read if you a...

Peter Reinhart is one of the true Legends of Pizza . He has perfected the craft of making incredible pizza. As a matter of fact he once explained to me he could deconstruct any pizza as well as reveal all of the ingredients included. Further he states he can re-create that pizza in his kitchen. Know this: Peter is not only a pizza expert, he is also a wonderful person full of pizza passion and pizza love. You can find out more about Peter by following him at his Pizza Quest Blog  sponsored by the wonderful folks at Forno Bravo . Peter has now taken his pizza show on the road. Pizza Quest will be a traveling circus of pizza. He will be visiting all manner of wonderful pizza makers and pizza personalities. As he explains you'll go to Pizza Mozz , Tony's Pizzeria Napoletana , Pizzeria Delfina and much much more... You can bet we will be following each episode of Pete's Pizza Quest... You can get a taste of Peter's journey right here:   You can...

Yeah, we've heard about supposed non-artisans making artisan pizza. And there is much talk about chain pizzerias making hand tossed... so now technology has gotten into the act...I can attest this cannot taste good! Well now we have seen everything: A 3 D Printer making A 3 D Pizza wow

The Pizza Competition at Pizza Expo is fierce. Contestants spend months and months perfecting their routines. They want to show the best skills. They want to display a wow factor. Let's face it: they want to impress the judges. Pizza Dough tossing at the Pizza Expo with a surprise at the end: All pizza tossing isn't shocking, but this contestan takes pizza tossing to a whole new level.

Scott Wiener of Scott's Pizza Tours discusses great pizza. He explains his tastes change all of the time. His favorites now are: Pizzetta 211 , and Tony's Pizza Neapolitan . Scott also discusses Metro Pizza in Las Vegas as being one of his favorite pizzerias. Scott is founder of Scott's Pizza Tour , an amazing tour of legendary pizzerias in New York. Find out more about Scott's Pizza Tour here.

Melba asks: What am I doing wrong?... My pizza crust, puffs up. Help... What can I do to correct this? please help... My response... Hi Melba... I am not sure..there are a number of variables. One thing you can do is to monitor your pizza as it cooks and prick the puffy part with a fork to deflate... Another idea: After you roll out your dough, go over the dough several times with a fork and prick the dough all over to make sure it does not puff up.... (Many pizzerias do this to their dough...) Before you form the pizza dough, make sure the dough is punched down so their are no air pockets in the dough... Roll out the dough with a rolling pin before you put toppings on... should be flat... Try using a little less yeast.... I hope this helps... Let me know what you think.. pizza on earth, albert Here are some pizza resources: Pizza Books at Amazon More here:

I generally make my pizza dough by hand. I like the feel of the dough. I love kneading as I transform raw ingredients into a work of art: homemade pizza.  Pizza dough, for me, these days, is fairly simple: flour, yeast salt and water. That's it that is all you need to make a great pizza dough. There are time when I have needed to make my dough quickly. That's when I bring out one of my best pizza making tools: the kitchenaid .  I find this tool to be a great time saver when I am making pizza. The dough comes out great using this tool. I have gotten emails from friends who for health reasons, are unable to mix dough by hand. They love the idea of making pizza however, they are just unable to physically able to do so. This could be due to arthritis, or other debilitating problems.  The kitchenaid can solve this problem. So it not only saves time but can help you if you are unable to knead dough.  The last time I made pizza I tried an experiment. I made...