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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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Boston’s Restaurant & Sports Bar rolls out Pizzaburger to U.S. diners
Last week, we told you about a Japanese chain that combined two beloved foods into one –– pizza and hamburgers. Now, a U.S. chain is introducing the same concept to American diners. Boston’s Restaurant & Sports Bar, the American...
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Dough Doctor: Baker’s Percent
Some people have accused me of making my dough formulas too complex and difficult to make because I insist upon giving the ingredient amounts in percentages. Actually, they’re given in what is called “baker’s percent”. I must admi...
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Japanese restaurant chain launches pizza/burger hybrid
A Japanese fast food chain has launched a new item that will appeal to folks who love both burgers and pizza. Can’t decide between the two? Pizza Little Party Kyoto’s limited-edition Megaburgerpizza costs ?2,580, or about $26.46 US, and c...
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A Guide to Garlic Knots (HOW-TO VIDEO)
Earlier this week, we asked our Facebook fans: What’s your best-selling, low-cost menu item? Garlic knots was the undisputed winner. At Pizza Today, we sing the praises of buttery garlic knots. Our Man on the Street Scott Weiner loves them too:...
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Tony Gemignani talks Parmigiano-Reggiano
Not too long ago I was in Parma, Italy, for the Campionato Mondiale della Pizza with a few members of The World Pizza Champions and Pizza Today magazine. While there, we had the pleasure and privilege to take a tour of a dairy that produces Parmigian...
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Pizzeria worker tests positive for Hepatitis A
This is the kind of story that can make anyone feel a bit squeamish. A pizzeria cook in Utah tested positive for Hepatitis A. Customers who visited the restaurant during the hours the employee worked have been asked to notify the local health departm...
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Bell Peppers, one of the best weapons in your arsenal
Sweet peppers are one of the most versatile and forgiving vegetables around. They can take a beating and come out perfect. Roasting peppers heightens them with an initial frontal mouth-blast before the caramelized sugars kick in for a delicious finis...
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Dough Doctor Tom Lehmann takes a look at forging a single store in the pizza industry
Q: Is there still room in the pizza industry for an independent to get started? A: To answer your question in one word, yes. Pizza is a constantly evolving food that has great appeal to a very high percentage of our population across all age categori...
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You say Panini, I say panino
Panini is the plural form for panino, which is literally the term for “small bread roll” in Italian. Technically, any sliced bread shouldn’t be called a panini or panino, but even in Italy, most sandwich shop operators will let you get by with ...
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Dough equipment delivers heightened efficiencies in the kitchen
Darren Lister has his eyes on growth. Already with 12 Hideaway Pizza locations spread about Oklahoma, Lister and his partners are looking to build two new units each year, eventually expanding beyond their Oklahoma homeland into neighboring states. T...
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Think fresh: Five summer pizza recipes
It’s summer and local farms and farmers markets are bursting with fresh produce. Let’s put those fresh ingredients to work on your specials menu. Try these five summer pizza: Summer Garden Pizza Broccoli, carrots, cucumber, tomato, onion, mozzare...
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Going Gluten Free — Logistics of tapping the wheat-free market
Expanding with gluten-free offerings was an obvious choice for Southeast-based Brixx Wood Fired Pizza. The 21-store chain sold nearly 60,000 gluten-free pizzas in 2012 alone, doubling the previous year’s sales. “At the very beginning, we realized...