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Pizza Napolena from Biga Dough Batch

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:34:34 +0000

Tonight I made two pizzas from my recent analysis batch of Biga dough (dough made with a pre-fermented starter mix). The first was a Napolena, or as close as I could get, with hand crushed San Marzano tomatoes, fresh basil, fresh buffalo mozzarella, drizzled olive oil, and a sprinkle of Parmesan …

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Anthony Mangieri Talks Pizza Passion

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:46:04 +0000

Wow, Anthony might be even more obsessed than me about his pizza (he tried to prepare pizza in his fireplace as a kid)! Anthony is the owner of Una Pizza Napoletana in New York City. In these short videos he talks about his oven, his ingredients and even gives advice to home pizza bakers. I found t…

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Sausage wins as favored topping according to Google

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:23:22 +0000

I was experimenting with Google Insights for Search that evening and I’ve discovered that Sausage is the Worlds most searched for pizza topping! Here’s a link to the statistics: Sausage vs Pepperoni vs Mushrooms on Google Insights
It’s plus interesting to note that mushrooms is be…

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Perfect Pizza videos from Heston Blumenthal

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:04:36 +0000

Is that a trend or is it a coincidence that that episode of “In Search of Perfection - Perfect Pizza” featuring the self proclaimed culinary alchemist Heston Blumenthal covers a recipe very similar to the dough that is in my refrigerator right now? The videos show Heston traveling to N…

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My First Biga

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:49:56 +0000

I am really excited about a new experiment I am doing based on the secret dough recipe recently revealed by World pizza champion Bruno DiFabio. For the first date I am using a starter dough which is a pre-fermented batch of dough used to enhance the chemical reactions which occur during the proofi…

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More notes on NY Pizza in Los Angeles

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:45:37 +0000

I was recently reviewing some comments on that blog as well as recent user-submitted entries at www.newyorkpizzafinder.com, and I found some of the following items of note:

My original post about Pizza in L.A. has a few comments worth reading. http://pizza.wordpress.com/2006/04/16/new-york-pizza-…

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Rock Bottom - Review

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:28:59 +0000

Sometimes, life throws you some surprises - like when you find out a friend is holding his three-year old’s birthday party in a brew pub. (He is British, so I suppose it shouldn’t be that surprising.
Last week, we reviewed Old Chicago Pizza, which happens to be owned by Rock Bottom,…

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Boston’s - The Gourmet Pizza - Review

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:10:50 +0000

Never deviate from the script, those are the rules, and soon after I go and break them.
I’d passed the Boston’s on University, near the University the other day when I was down seeing Richard Dawkins speaking at Gammage. I made a mental note to come back soon, and the opportunity pr…

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Old Chicago Pizza - Review

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:53:30 +0000

Old Chicago Pizza - the name itself suggests that it must have been around for a distant duration - and indeed, it’s been around longer than I knew. I’ve driven past one of their locations for years and never knew it was a pizza place. perhaps they should put better signs out front like…

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Cici’s Pizza - Review

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:25:17 +0000

As is standard procedure here at Pizza Locust, we don’t do formal reviews of pizza buffets; however, I did eat at Cici’s Pizza for lunch that week and have some general observations.
For starters, it’s hard to take a pizza place seriously that serves a macaroni & cheese pi…

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