Sottocasa becomes fixture in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill   The brownstone has become synonymous with the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York. Tucked in the lower level of a brownstone on Atlantic Avenue resides the four-year-old Sottocasa Pizze...

Print Summer Strawberry Salad Author: Pizza Today Recipe type: salads   Ingredients 10 ounces mixed greens ⅓ cup sliced almonds 1 pint strawberries, quartered 3 ounces feta cheese, crumbled 4 ounces balsamic vinegar salt and pepp...

Five Points Pizza 1012 Woodland St. Nashville, Tennessee (615) 915-4174 fivepointspizza.com Five Points boasts Nashville’s only late-night, walk-up slice window in the historic district of East Nashville. Its beer list features 16 local and regiona...

Q: What’s the difference between bromated and non-bromated flour? A: It seems that not a day goes by that someone doesn’t ask me about changing from a bromated flour to a non-bromated flour. Actually, the change is pretty easy and straight forwar...

Phone etiquette is important for customer service and repeat sales   Even in today’s world of online and mobile ordering, there is still a place for the phone. Some customers prefer a pleasant human over a speedy internet connection. Others do...

Don’t make these Department of Labor mistakes   In the May issue of Pizza Today we discussed how easy it is for pizzeria operators to run afoul of Department of Labor (DOL) regulations, despite all good intentions to the contrary. With DOL aud...

What restaurants need to know about EMV and the looming liability shift   Take notice, pizzerias, the EMV liability shift deadline looms. This October, restaurants must be equipped to accept EMV cards –– an acronym for Europay, MasterCard an...

From country to city — ham joins the ranks of pizza ingredient royalty Pepperoni and sausage may rule the pizza kingdom, but ham is steadily seeking to dethrone the king and queen of pizza royalty. With its army reserve of varieties ––including...

[SlideDeck2 id=39959] Located just a stone’s throw from the University of Cincinnati, Mac’s Pizza Pub certainly has an enviable location. Students love to eat and drink, and many have the disposable income that comes along with college life. But ...

I’m sitting in the car driving from Pittsburgh to Akron, Ohio, with Scott Anthony. We are finishing up a whirlwind trip of my book tour. We started in Punxsutawney, then to Altoona, Pittsburgh, Akron, and Columbus. I have toured big cities like New...

Q: Why is my dough wet and sticky when I remove it from the dough box? A: While some may believe that this is caused by excessive dough absorption, the truth of the matter is that it is caused either by failure to cross-stack the dough boxes during r...

Spring is the big start of the year for numerous game-changers for pizza. The early spring enables cold-loving greens like arugula, green garlic, spinach, romaine, ramps, rhubarb, cilantro and sprouts to pop either in farmed fields or on their own in...