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Menu Development
Respecting the Craft: Ancient Revival
Multi-grain doughs are making their way to the mainstream This year I decided to compete again at the World Pizza Championships in Italy. It’s been three years since I have actually competed in an Italian cooking competition. As a competitor you ar...
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Menu Development
Trending Recipe: Pizza Dip
If you’ve been on social media lately, you’ve probably noticed a viral video making a pizza dip. We decided to try our hand at making one ourselves. Print Pizza Dip Author: Mandy Detwiler Recipe type: Appetizer Ingredients 6 ounc...
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People & Pizzerias
Places that Rock: Noli’s / Hersh’s / Screamin’ Mimi’s
Noli’s Pizzeria 4007 Farnam St. Omaha, Nebraska (402) 359-1802 nolispizzeria.com Owner Joel Marsh uses a filtration system to emulate New York City tap water to make his New York-style pizza. Noli’s offers traditional pies and artisan flare with ...
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Dough Doctor: Weights & Measures
The Dough Doctor addresses dough formula, tossing technique and slice tips Q: We make our dough using one bag of flour with the rest of the ingredients portioned out in cup and tablespoon measures. Due to an increase in business, we need to make larg...
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Operations
Get Crafty
Specialty bar menus — craft cocktails — can be a knockout sales technique There are many things that can help your pizzeria thrive. A solid menu, quality ingredients, a welcoming atmosphere and attentive service can bring in new customers and kee...
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Menu Development
Ripe for the Pickin’ (Fresh Tomatoes)
Choose the right fresh tomatoes in your seasonal offerings People are passionate about fresh tomatoes. Communities across the country — like Fulton, California and Columbia, South Carolina — even honor the yearly harvest with tomato festivals. Pi...
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Menu Development
Go With Gnocchi
Italian staple isn’t difficult to pull off in your pizzeria As we all know, pasta comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Long and short, stuffed or stout, pasta is loved by most. An empty pizza skin or a bowl of plain pasta are to a chef what ...
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Menu Development
Pesto Perfection
Simple sauce has multitude of uses, twists Pesto is a sauce whose origin comes from northern Italy and is traditionally made up of fresh basil, garlic, salt, olive oil, Parmesan and pine nuts. The ingredients get blended together except for the pine ...
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Employee Management
Bases Covered
Do you know the law when it comes to hiring immigrants? Hiring a worker who is not legally authorized to work in the U.S. is likely only to bring hassles for pizzeria owners. Those costly and time-consuming troubles could include an audit, whi...
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People & Pizzerias
2015 Independent Pizzeria of the Year: Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza, Denver, CO
[SlideDeck2 id=45282] Attention to Detail Colorado’s only VPN-certified pizzeria readies for next step This summer was an exciting time to visit Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza at its second location in Denver’s southern suburb of Englewood. With ...
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Employee Management
Outside Looking In
Remote monitoring can reduce losses, heighten efficiencies and increase the bottom line Suspect an ongoing issue with internal theft, shrinkage or sweethearting? Curious if staff members are following store procedures around closing, food handling or...
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People & Pizzerias
Five clever ways to make your Web site sizzle
Visitors visually take in, and then judge, a Web site in just 50 milliseconds, according to a Google study on first impressions. That’s not much time to grab the attention of browsing customers –– and better yet, invite them to stay. In today�...