What You Need to Know about the Craft Soda Trend What beverages should you offer up alongside your beautifully crisped, fresh-out-of-the-oven pies? While customers used to be content with a modest selection of beer, wine and major soft drink brands, ...

Taking the traditional app from basic to stand out An antipasto is your chance for a wow factor at the beginning of a meal. Eight hundred years ago, in Italy the antipasto was a social starting point for the beginning of a meal. For me, as a kid I th...

The CBD-infused Food Trend According to the National Restaurant Association, the top two dining trends in 2019 are CDB-infused drinks and CDB-infused food. For those unfamiliar with the term, CBD is the abbreviation for cannabidoil, which is a natura...

Sausage combos never go out of style A staple of your pizza protein offerings, sausage is one of the undisputed customer topping favorites. Second only to pepperoni on a national scale, it’s a flavorful option you simply cannot go without. A histor...

Eggs on Pizza Egg takes rightful spot on the pizza menu Last month, through trial and error — we were able to successfully cook eggs directly on a pizza in the Pizza Today Test Kitchen. It was a feat and the challenge of it triggered a quest to fin...

Ravioli’s roots run deep in Italian history and it is one of those iconic foods that was born out of necessity and even poverty. This stuffed pasta was first mentioned in a 14th century manuscript with a recipe of fresh cheese, egg and fresh herbs....

The season’s mascot readies for pizza menu After a long winter, asparagus is one of the first signs of spring, a preview of the bounty of fresh produce that is beginning to come available. Its season varies around the country and typically ranges f...

Give the cheese a go for a new twist Gouda is a town in the Netherlands that makes one of the world’s most versatile cheeses. It has been produced since the sixth century. In the 13th century, it was imported to England. When young, this cheese has...

Customized pasta at the ready Today’s consumers want what they want when they want it. Your offerings can match your customers’ desire for customizable pasta dishes that arrive to the table fast. Go with a build-to-order pasta bowl or create deli...

Post-bake herbs and greens, especially micro greens on pizza give wow factor, flavor Basil, with its sweet, aromatic flavor, reigns supreme as the top fresh finishing ingredient. Baby basil is the go-to ingredient for Chris Decker at Metro Pizza in L...

How to do Detroit-style pies in your shop In the past couple of issues I’ve described my lifetime love of pizza and the value pizza has brought to me and my family’s life. While I have experimented with making many pizzas, Detroit-style pizza has...

Emergency Dough You need dough NOW — what do you do? Have you ever had one of those nights where a storm kept you awake? Then, after getting a few hours of sleep you go to your store to open and find that your dough has blown courtesy of a power ou...