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Detroit Style Pizza: A Guide to Detroit Pizza
Discover Detroit-Style Pizza Detroit style pizza is a square, deep dish pizza that is known for its racing stripes sauce on top, cheese crust crown and light crust. Whether you call them red tops or square pizza, Detroit-style pizza is a unique pizza style that hast become one of the hottest pizza styles and one […]
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Path to a Menu Item
How to grow your lineup We get ideas for new menu items all the time. When I first started my restaurant I was in love with the idea of having specials each night based on in-season produce. The fact is that every time I tried to do something on the ...
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Rotating Beer Menus: Winter Warmers
Beer ABVs tend to rise when temps fall, but should your beer list follow? Technically, winter warmers are a category of beer, but there’s no doubt that beer enthusiasts are looking for dark, richer and boozier beers when the weather turns cold. �...
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Hot Off the Press
Panini offer lunch growth opportunities he panini sandwich is one of those foods that produce a “double-take” after the initial bite. It’s just natural to look down in amazement at this thin-ish flavor bomb and wonder why you don’t eat these ...
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2019 Menu Guide
Explore new and trending pizza, app and entrée recipes specifically engineered for pizzeria kitchens Peach & Pecan Pizza Spicy Goat Cheese and Sun-dried Tomato Bruschetta Monster Mash Pizza Southwest Heat Pizza...
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Where’s The Beef?
Ground beef is a forgotten topping that can pay off One of my first pizzeria visits when I started working at Pizza Today 18 years ago remains one of my most memorable. The destination was Omaha, Nebraska, a city to which I had not previously ...
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Whiteout: Béchamel Sauce
Enhance your white pizza with béchamel sauce If you want to give a decadently creamy taste and texture to your pizza menu this fall and winter, there is no better place to start than with a scratch-made béchamel sauce. While red pies are the...
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Man on the Street: Regional Pizza Style Manifesto
Not every region has its own true style I’m delighted that the Internet is so into pizza right now, but I have to pump the brakes a bit and point out that the number of click-lists and rundowns about regional pizza styles is getting ridiculous. It ...
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The Edible Eggplant
Meaty vegetable… er … fruit has multiple uses If you think about the products in your kitchen right now, there should already be shredded cheese and sauce. No doubt you’ve got flour, eggs, basil and perhaps bread crumbs. You might even h...
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Abominable Showman
Chefs find their places in pizzerias I have a confession to make: In the past 40 years, I’ve been associated with some wonderful chefs and kitchens who’ve jumped on culinary trends like a Yeti attacking a tired hiker. Sometimes, in their enthusia...
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Feta and Bacon-wrapped Fig Pizza with Pistachio
bacon pizzas People love bacon, right? What’s not to love? Let’s give them what they want. Here are five bacon pizza recipes to test in your pizzeria: Feta and Bacon-wrapped Fig Pizza with Pistachio Bacon-wrapped figs provides an explosive...
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Respecting the Craft: New York Slices
I ask some other pros for their take on the quintessential New York slice I get questions about this all the time. Can it be an 18-inch cut into six slices? Or should it be a 20-inch cut into eight slices? Maybe even a 22-inch cut into four slices? I...
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Man on the Street: Passion of the Crust
Pizza newcomers strive to make the perfect pie “They’ve been around over 50 years, so they must be doing something right.” That’s what most people say about the pizzerias they praise for their longevity more so than they do for their f...