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I was shocked when I read the email. C'mon: Things like this only happen in movies and on TV, but not in real life. Here is the email that made me fall out of my chair: "Hi Guys We're the writer's on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live . Just saw you on the Travel Channel . Best looking of all the pizzas they showed. We're constantly debating the best pizzas. Any chance you guys ship your pies? Would love to hook Jimmy up with some. Thanks and great work! Tony Barbieri" I read the email in total disbelief. Now first of all, these guys saw me on the Travel Channel. "Amazing," I thought, "simply amazing. I don't even remember being on the Travel Channel, but if these TV guys saw me, well, it must be true!" Secondly, I had the best looking pizza! Finally, they wanted me to ship a pizza to Jimmy Kimmel . Now, I can't say I watch Jimmy Kimmel all of the time, but I do know who he is. If he wants me to ship him a pizza, well, no problem! I m...

This interview is an excerpt from Legends of Pizza Volume 1 and 2 e-Book The following interview was done with Brian Spangler of Apizza Scholls located in Portland, Oregon. Brian is, according to Peter Reinhart, : "one of the up and coming superstars of pizza. Brian discusses how the original location of Apizza Scholls , was actually forced to move because they were to popular. "Albert : Can you tell me a little bit about Apizza Scholls and where the name came from and what it means? Brian : Well, Apizza Scholls , this is our second location. Originally we were out in a rural district here in Oregon just outside of Portland . The township that we were in was called Scholls. We originally just called it Scholls Public House . Due to an overwhelming response to our product and articles in newspapers, again we were in a rural area; people just bombarded us to the point that we were causing some pretty severe traffic issues out there. We ran into an issue with Washington ...

Here are some excerpts from my interview with noted bread baker and pizzaiolo for the Legends of Pizza Project. Albert: Peter, tell me how you got started Peter : Well, I started by doing it because I just enjoyed doing it. I was cooking, and actually cooking in a seminary in San Francisco, which is, of course, noted for having good bread. I just started doing it because I thought it would be kind of neat to put home baked bread on the table. I found out unexpectedly that I kind of had a feeling for it. It got into me. It got into my system and I really took it on. For about eight or nine years, I baked just for fun and entered some of my breads in County Harvest Fairs and things like that and started winning. My wife and I both had a culinary background; at least a cooking background. We had some ideas for a ministry built around a café. We decided as part of the menu we would bake our own breads. Before we knew it the café had its own little following, but the bread sort of took off ...

Albert Grande , of pizzatherapy.com proudly announces the release of: Legends of Pizza Volume 1 and 2 e-Book® You will learn all of the inside secrets and pizza tales in this exclusive e-Book . This e-Book is for anyone who ever enjoyed a pizza. If you are in the pizza business , you need to claim a copy. If you make pizza, you need to get a copy. If you love pizza, you will love: Legends of Pizza Volume 1 and 2 e-Book® These historical conversations were released as CD and downloads as part of The Legends of Pizza Volume 1 and The Legends of Pizza Volume 2 Now these same pizza discussions have been transcribed and bundled into an e-Book . You can unlock the pizza secrets and feel the pizza passion of six celebrated pizzaiolo. Unlock the secrets shared by conversations with: Brian Spangler Tony Gemignani Ed LaDou Peter Reinhart Gary Bimonte Chris Bianco I spoke to Chris Bianco recently. Chris Bianco is the most celebrated Pizzaiolo in the United States. He was sought after by Galy...

I got an email from my friend Franco, telling me there was a new pizza video on msn.com . "Watch it", he said. The video was an episode of : "A Big Life" with Sissy Biggers . In the episode Sissy learns to make pizza for the first time from scratch. I saw the finished pizza and it looked pretty good. Imagine my pleasant surprise when in the opening moments of the episode, up drives The Big Green Pizza Truck. "It's a small world after all..." I thought! The pizzaiolo of The Truck were going to teach Sissy how to make pizza. Owners Douglas Coffin and Kevin Spooner , gave Sissy some pizza making lessons as well as truck driving lessons... Watch the video right here>>> "Sissy Makes Pizza." Last year I had heard a number stories, about the The B ig 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 and owner . I was finally able to track down Douglas a...

The phone rang a few days before Christmas. I said, "Hello". "Albert, this is Chris Bianco." "Hey Chris, how are you doing?" "Fine, fine. I just wanted to say, thanks Albert. I appreciate all of the work you are doing. I liked the way Legends of Pizza turned out". I was humbled. Here is one of the finest pizzaiolo in the country, calling me up to say "thanks". Chris as usual was easy to talk with. I had to ask him about his recent appearance on Oprah.(I had discussed his appearance in the November 2006 issue of Pizza News. ) I can't remember his exact words, but basically, he told me it was no big deal. Hey, if I ever show up on Oprah, I may give you my autograph. Maybe. But not Chris Bianco. Chris Bianco is one of the most modest people on the planet. It doesn't matter to him that he was featured on the most popular television show in the World. It really does not, matter. He just wants to do what he does best, make pizza. He i...

The Transcripts of The Legends of Pizza Volume 1 and 2 are now available. As you may know, I spent hours interviewing the most famous pizzaiolo in the pizza industry. Pizza makers like Peter Reinhart , Tony Gemignani and Chris Bianco . Dedicated pizzaiolo such as Ed LaDou , Gary Bimonte and Brian Spangler were also included. I released these interviews on CD as Legends of Pizza Volume 1 and 2. The response to these recordings has been incredible. (Visit the Legends of Pizza Right Here: http://pizzatherapy.com/1and2.htm ) The content was so explosive, I had to turn these interviews into a book. I just spent hundreds of dollars getting all of the recordings transcribed to the written word.. Everyone who has read the Legends transcripts has been amazed. Here is what Peter Reinhart said: "" ...Those are the kind of places that I think of as memorable pizzas. There are a number of them. There are thousands of good pizzerias in America. The only way you can make a bad piz...