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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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Pizza Dough: Branching Out
Can a new dough net you new customer loyalty? The Belgian purity rules as they pertain to beer are very simple: all beer must be made with only water, hops and barley. With that said, there are a million ways to make different-tasting beers under tho...
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On the Side
Don’t overlook the power of the side dish with your sandwiches The pride we take in the quality ingredients we use in our dishes, as well as the variety we offer, is unprecedented. The industry is ever changing and the focus of what our patrons loo...
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Man on the Street: The Upper Crusts
The first thing I do upon meeting my tour customers is to ask them to define their expectations for New York-style pizza. The responses are all over the place — some anticipate a crust that’s thin and crispy while others are positive it’s going...
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Respecting the Craft: We’re not in Naples
Location makes all the difference when it comes to Neapolitan dough recipe I had a student come and ask me for a Neapolitan dough recipe and I told him I had several. I explained that it really depends on where you are making it, what conditions you ...
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A Little Saucy
Non-traditional sauces offer some flavor surprises Perhaps the greatest benefit to owning a pizzeria is the ability to create specialty pizzas that offer your diners something beyond red sauce and pepperoni or sausage. There are a certain number of f...
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Trending Recipe: Nashville Hot Chicken Pizza
Hot chicken — that spicy, breaded goodness now found in just about every city — has become increasingly popular. We took some from Royals Hot Chicken right here in Louisville, Kentucky, and crafted a pizza that will be a showstopper on any menu. ...
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Mush Boom: Mushroom Menu Ideas
Explore Mushroom Menu Ideas Operators embrace mushrooms’ availability year ’round In 1975, I was a young dishwasher at a Swenson’s ice cream restaurant in Chicago. One day, Kevin, our abusive 20 year-old “head cook,” called me to the grill ...
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Burrata: Smooth as Silk
Burrata’s soft exterior and creamy interior gives an upscale authority to modern menus Produced in the United States and Italy, Burrata is a cow’s milk cheese with a unique and unrivaled texture. It is made by dipping fresh curd into hot whey, th...
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Oven Lovin’
Baked pastas perfect in-house and for catering We are in a segment of the foodservice industry that is specialized. Each operator truly refines their craft and what they offer to attract the best client base hoping for a rapid rate of return. It’s ...
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Stromboli: Something Old, Something New
Stromboli has been around for six decades, yet it’s still a fresh new way to excite customers Stromboli is an under-appreciated pizzeria menu item. Here’s why: you can take it on the go and it can be stuffed with practically anything you have in ...
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Trending Recipe: Cinnamon Butter Knots
How to make Cinnamon Butter Knots In the test kitchen, I’m tasked with cutting dough balls to a smaller size for photos. That leaves a lot of extra scrap dough. If this is the case at your pizzeria, you should be using it across your menu. We like ...
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Dough Doctor: On the Rise
The Dough Doctor breaks down yeast types and adding malt to dough Q: Is there any one type of yeast that is better to use when making pizza than another? A: In one word, no. With that said, it all depends upon what you have available to you and what ...