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Menu Development
Chicken Florentine: Feel the Flo
Classic dish beautiful to serve, taste What does one of the most popular spinach and chicken dishes have in common with an Italian noblewoman soon to become a French queen? Chicken Florentine of course! The year of 1599 brought the marriage of Cather...
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Menu Development
Crustacean Nation
Shrimp scampi a perennial Italian favorite hrimp scampi is one of those staple entrées that have adorned menus around the world for decades. Its origin starts with a langoustine, which is a tiny lobster-like crustacean generally sautéed in olive oi...
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Employee Management
Cut It Out
Coupons are still a viable marketing tool, if used wisely Don’t tell Peter Wiley the paper coupon is irrelevant. Wiley, one of the co-founders of Kettering, Ohio-based Rapid Fired Pizza, says the chain sends out coupons in postcards, local discount...
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People & Pizzerias
Marking the Occasion
How to celebrate an anniversary An anniversary means you’ve done it. Congratulations. Amidst all of the obstacles of operating a restaurant, your pizzeria has made it another year, another decade. There’s reason to celebrate. You deserved it. You...
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People & Pizzerias
Pizza Today on the Road: Rome’s Pizza, San Antonio, TX
Changing Tide San Antonio-based Rome’s Pizza adapts to the ebb and flow of the pizza business Few pizzeria owners have reached the pinnacle of success that Gus Nassar has with his San Antonio-based Rome’s Pizza. The gourmet pizza company pion...
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People & Pizzerias
Pizza Today on the Road: Pizza Italia, San Antonio, Texas
Social Evolution Pizza Italia ushers in a new decade in San Antonio When Terrance Basone opened Pizza Italia in San Antonio, Texas in 1987, reaching his customer base looked a lot different than it does now. There was no Facebook or Google, and he wi...
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People & Pizzerias
Destinations: Red Bank, NJ
A look at pizzerias in Red Bank, New Jersey Lupo Pizzeria Andrew Datre is a second-generation pizzeria operator with local chain Gianni’s. Ready to infuse his artistic expression, he opened Lupo recently. “My vision for Lupo is to take the basic ...
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Operations
Man on the Street: Dependability
I’m finally ready to admit I’ve been eating through rose-tinted glasses. When I evaluate a pizzeria, I tend to focus on the positive elements. Whether I’m acting in a professional capacity with a pizza tour group or with friends at an extracurr...
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Dough Production/Development
Knead to Know: Downward Spiral
Tom Lehmann talks oils, spiral mixers Q: What are the pros and cons of using a blended oil as opposed to an extra virgin olive oil? A: When used in making the dough or sauce, you don’t see any significant difference between a quality olive oil and ...
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Menu Development
Green Thumb
Summer is the perfect time for the entrée salad While we’re smack dab in the middle of summer, folks are busier than ever with that on-the-go lifestyle that summer somehow always brings. A lot of diners still want to eat a nice, delicious dinner b...
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Operations
The Moneymaking Matter of Soda Machine Maintenance
Regular upkeep is a necessity — find out why Tucked along Farwell Avenue on Milwaukee’s Lower East Side sits a Brew City culinary landmark: Pizza Shuttle. For the last 32 years, Mark Gold and his team have been dishing out award-winning pizzas, h...
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People & Pizzerias
Conversation with Nick Bogacz, Caliente Pizza & Draft House Pittsburgh, PA
Caliente Pizza & Draft House — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Nick dishes on Caliente’s growth and expansion plans Our concept is a full-service restaurant and bar with a full delivery area. Our pizza philosophy is that we just really lo...