The money captured from the sale of food is the epicenter of every restaurant’s monetary flow. From here, the flow starts as you pay off all expenses and are left with the reward of all your hard work. In 38 years in all sorts of restaurants, I’ve never had anyone...
If sausage is a top seller, why not maximize it? In 2004, I competed in the Pizza Festiva Competition at the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas. Needless to say, I didn’t win because Doug Ferriman of Crazy Dough’s in Boston steamrolled over all competitors...
If you want to take it to the next level (and you’re gonna want to with this recipe) check out the best dang sausage you’ll ever taste combining fresh unseasoned bulk sausage with pre-cooked bacon crumbles, pepperoni and spices! Check out some out-of-the-box sausage...
Make an out-of-this-world sauce experience for your menu ‘The cook of any house of note always seats himself in a high arm chair to give his orders; he holds a long wooden spoon in his hand, with which he tastes the various sauces that are cooking on the stoves and...
One word describes this creamy sauce…AWESOME. Once your customers stop laughing at you and taste this sauce, they will be hooked in a sad, sick way because this sauce is the greatest! We do a nice “Pizz-biscuits and pepperoni gravy” with this sauce. Add mayo and chill...
Carbonara sauce offers smoky, intense flavor Carbonara is what some folks consider the fusion of the holy trinity of taste. The pork, egg, cheese and pepper thicken like cooling lava around the pasta bringing a savory, fulfilling richness that begs for another bite…of...
Queen Elizabeth I was a down right sweets junkie. Her teeth became a gnarly shade of black, but because she was the queen, she started a trend. It was then that stained and blackened teeth were a status symbol of the time when sugar was first introduced and very...
“There may be a hundred different stances and sword positions, but you win with just one,” said undefeated Samurai Miyamoto Musashi in 1643. Mushashi would have been a great pizza guy because he described pan pizza to the letter. Every town, village and territory in...
Why let chicken and pork get all the glory? Beef it up! June Cleaver: “Eddie, would you care to stay for dinner? We’re having roast beef.” Eddie Haskell: “No thank you, Mrs. Cleaver. I really must be getting home. We’re having squab this evening.” Like Eddie Haskell,...
In this recipe, I’ve taken the traditional “Polenta Nera” recipe of the mountainous Alto Adige region and modified it by using puffed buckwheat, barley or spelt as a wonderful pizza with anchovies. Polenta Nera Pizza 10 ounces of your in-house dough 1¼ cups of whole...
In 2007, I entered the World Pizza Championships with my fresh diver scallop and truffle pizza. I was glad to know that the scallops I had meticulously kept iced had survived the two-day wait until being cooked on the pizza. Twenty minutes later, as I stood waiting to...
Chorizo is one famous sausage with many forms and variations around the globe. In the States, it has been often overlooked as one of the most flexible and flavorful toppings to grace a pizza. This Spanish sausage –– with its unique ruby color and slightly acidic,...
