“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, vill...

Manicotti allows operators to use a variety of toppings and fillings for a hearty pasta entrée Manicotti is a tubular shaped pasta that is typically filled with a ricotta cheese mixture. As culinarians, we are always coming up with creative ways to ...

Does the water you use really impact your dough that much?   Q: How does water quality impact my dough? A: Various aspects of the water can impact the dough in different ways. For example, iron in the water can react with many oxidative dough st...

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 ev...

Mac ‘n’ cheese isn’t just for kids anymore We all know that everything is better when it’s baked with cheese on it, so I wanted to focus on some amazing baked pasta dishes for you to consider offering in your fine establishment. The great thi...

What is it about wings? They have become so popular that I wouldn’t be surprised if some scientist is at work trying to figure out how to come up with a chicken that has four wings. It’s no surprise people love them — they’re fun, fast and qu...

A quick survey of appetizers on the restaurant landscape shows that many are still serving the old standbys. Indeed, Mintel Menu Insights, a leading market-research company, lists these as the most common listings: samplers; buffalo wings; nachos; mo...

Often, simplicity is the best route to take in the kitchen. This certainly is the case when offering panini. If you’re looking for a way to jumpstart lunch sales, here are 10 easy panini “filling” combinations: • Panini Rosta (grilled zucchin...

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 ...

Packed with protein, chicken’s acceptance as a commonplace pizza topping has exploded over the past decade. And while the BBQ Chicken Pizza first made popular by California Pizza Kitchen in the 1980s remains a top-shelf crowd pleaser, why limit you...

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 ...

Americans love cheese. So much so, in fact, that the average person eats 23 pounds of it each year, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Lucky for us, there is a world of cheeses that are as unique as the places they come from....