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Employee Management
Interact — April 2014
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Menu Development
Trending Recipes: Eggplant Parmesan Lasagna
This eggplant lasagna is so good, even kids will eat it. (Just don’t tell them they’re eating their veggies!) Eggplant is hearty and filling, and makes this a great vegetarian option. Pair with a salad for a great full-meal option. Eggplant Parme...
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People & Pizzerias
Places that Rock: Hops and Pie / Lamp Wood Oven / Oley’s / Pizzeria Orso
Hops & Pie 3920 Tennyson St. Denver, Colorado 80212 (303) 477-7000 www.hopsandpie.com Craft beer and artisan pizza prove to be the perfect pair at this Mile High pizzeria. Even its dough is made with 50/50 beer and water. Hops and Pie smokes and ...
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Menu Development
Stretch ingredients out!
Use current ingredients to expand your menu in new directions OK, friends, International Pizza Expo has come to an end and what an exciting time it was! It just gets bigger and better each year. While I am busy with my involvement with Expo, you prob...
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Operations
The Service Command Center
Server stations keep the kitchen and dining room flowing When Aaron Baumhackl, chef and co-owner of Solstice Wood Fire Café, relocated the restaurant to Hood River, Oregon, in December 2013, he consulted an expert about where to put the server stati...
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Menu Development
Get healthy with a variety of meats and proteins
Flavorful meats and proteins address dietary needs With more attention than ever being placed on healthy menu options, operators are turning to products that are made from healthier ingredients. I’ve noticed how much attention the Mediterranean die...
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People & Pizzerias
Pizzeria Bruno Napoletano — San Diego, CA: Labor of Love
[SlideDeck2 id=30361] Pizzeria Bruno Napoletano’s passionate owner is making waves one pizza at a time in San Diego Peter Lutz grew up in Detroit and still has an affinity for the style of pizza his home city has popularized. He likes New York-styl...
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Employee Management
Avoiding Trademark Trouble in Advertising
Then the New England Patriots and New York Giants faced off in last year’s Super Bowl, it marked the biggest event of the NFL season. But for pizza purveyors, it wasn’t just a big sports day: American appetites for football and food make Super Bo...
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Dough Production/Development
Dough Doctor: Staging ingredients impacts dough
Q: I’ve seen any number of different ways in which the dough ingredients are staged/ added into the mixing bowl. Is there really a difference, or is it a case of just whatever you are taught to use? A: I think some ingredient staging procedures can...
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Menu Development
A meatball worth bragging about
I love meatballs. So it should come as no surprise that I usually try them whenever I see them on a pizzeria’s menu. And though they are exceptionally easy to make from scratch, too many operators still simply don’t get them right. Someti...
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Operations
Now serving: Adding a bar
Incorporating the sell of alcohol into a pizzeria operation comes with obstacles, but the rewards may be too big to ignore its revenue potential. Darryl Meadows, co-owner of Manhattan Pie Company in Georgetown, Texas, sought to add a bar long before ...
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Menu Development
Think outside the breadstick
Use your oven for oven-baked bottom-line boosts Let’s talk bottom line for a moment. It’s on all of our minds. We all want to increase our profits or get closer to making a profit and we are relentless in finding ways to bring in new customers to...