Posts

Best Flour for Pizza

Image
When I first started to make pizza, I always thought flour did not matter. To me, flour was flour. all purpose was the same as bread flour. And I had never heard of high gluten flour.  High gluten flour is the type of flour most pizzerias use when they make pizza. It makes for a tastier dough, with more snap and crunch.  If you can find high gluten flour use it! While you can certainly get satisfactory results with All-purpose flour, I think that using a high gluten flour will give you a better taste. So what flour do I recommend. I have found very good results with  Caputo  Flour.  It is a flour imported from Italy. I have met the owner of  Caputo  flour as well as some of his master pizzaiolo. You can actually go on a video tour of the  Caputo  flour factory with my friend Sky Dylan Robbins. Check it out at this link,  Caputo Flour from Pizza Therapy. http://pizzatherapy.com/caputo.ht...

Scott's Pizza Tours for All Pizza Lovers

Image
If you love pizza and you are in New York, one of the best things you can do for yourself is to hop on a Pizza Tour hosted by Scott Wiener. Sure you get to taste lots of pizza. And the crowd you are with makes it very enjoyable and fun. But make no mistake the real star of the show is Scott , and his boundless pizza knowledge and passion. You can't help be infected by the pizza bug. He is the "energizer bunny" of pizza. I mean the guy does not stop. He's going, going, going... Check out Scott's in the following video: Check out Scott's Pizza Tour Here. For more pizza related stuff go to: All Things Pizza With Discounts! Find the Best Pizza in New York.

Best Website for Homemade Gourmet Pizza

Image
Sure there are many pizza websites out there. You will discover pizza passion, pizza fans, pizza reviews and more. I would like to recognize the absolute Best Website for Homemade Gourmet Pizza. This website created, run and maintained by Master Pizzaiolo, Coye Jones is a total labor of love. Love of eating pizza, love of making pizza, love of everything having to do with pizza. According to Coye: "There's pizza history, cookbook ratings, preparation steps, recipes, tips & secrets, pizzeria recommendations, links, and Q  & A's from Ask Pizzameister email." What you don't see is the history of this website. You can't really peek behind the scenes. This is one of the oldest pizza websites on-line. The information contained here is top notch. The pizza recipes are stellar. And when I started to write about pizza on-line, one of my biggest supporters and mentors was Coy e. He was always positive, always encouraging and always a great...

The Greatest Joy of Pizza

Image
I love making pizza. I am honored when someone says they enjoyed a pizza I made for them. The greatest joy however, is teaching someone to make their own pizza. You are playing oyur pizza making forward. Now the can experience the joy of making pizza for other people. Making pizza is magical. Teaching someone else to use that magic for their own pizza takes it to a whole new level. It's kind of like when I taught my daughter to ride a bike for the first time..."Dad I can ride a bike!" The following video shows the joy experienced of making pizza for the first time. This video was shot entirely on loacation on the North Shore of Oahu, the Surfng Capital of the World! pizza on earth, good will to all! Albert Grande The Pizza Therapy Pizza Book The Pizza Therapy Digital Store rare e-books, tutorials, how to's

Fire Within Interview from Pizza therapy

Image
Joe Pergolizzi is a pizzaiolo, who founded “ The Fire Within”. The company, located in Boulder, Colorado , creates Mobile Pizza Ovens , and offers a total support system for those interested in succeeeding in the the pizza business. For Joseph this is a sacred mission. The Fire Within also offers classes, workshops, encouragement and assistance. This is an entire organization dedicated to pizza success through artisan pizza creation. On their website, Joseph explains: “We took the age old concept of a wood fired oven on a trailer and modernized it for today’s use. In addition to manufacturing a practical line-up of mobile pizza ovens and we created the tools you need to be set up for success. After a fiery debate, our 100+ customers across North America agreed upon a collective mission. It is the intention of the Fire Within mobile pizza caterers to save the world from common, cardboard-box-pizza one wood-fired pizza at a time. Taste testers welcome.” For the record: ...

How Frank Pepe Started in the Pizza Business

Image
Frank Pepe's opened in 1925. Frank Pepe's Pizzeria Napoletana has been making pizza on Wooster Street in New Haven, ever since. Frank did not originally start out making pizza. He was a bread baker by trade. The pizza was actually an afterthought. Who in their right mind would pay for pizza? Lots of loyal pizza fans, that's who. Here are some of the comments, I have recived about Pepe's : "I've eaten apizza from coast to coast and in Italy and have found none better. Though living in PA for the past 30 years several trips a year to Wooster Street each summer are traditional. The crust can't be beaten. I am a loyal fan!" "Tastes better now than when I was a child in the 50's and 60's...I ate so much Pepe's pizza that I had no room to burp. It was almost disgusting....When I was a child, Sal was my waiter and I will never forget Sal, Pepe's or that great pizza!" "Pepe's is the greatest....my family once...

Andrew Zimmern Declares Punch Best Pizza

Image
Andrew Zimmern knows food. He is an award winning chef and food expert. You may seen him his show " Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern ": "Andrew Zimmern is a James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, food writer, teacher and is regarded as one of the most versatile and knowledgeable personalities in the food world. As the creator, host and co-executive producer of Travel Channel's hit series,  Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern , he travels the globe, exploring food in its own terroir." Andrew knows pizza, too. He declares Punch Pizza is the best pizza in the world. From their website: Punch utilizes the same centuries-old techniques that Neapolitan masters use to create a truly authentic pizza. The world’s finest San Marzano tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and top-secret dough form the foundation of the pizza, but the true craft is in mastering the wood fired oven. Find some great pizza in:  Pizza: More than 60 Recipes for Delicious Homem...