Big News — We’re Moving
Nov 30, 2012This has been in the works for some time, and I think the time is right to start sharing the news with you. Forno Bravo will be moving to a new and much larger facility the first week of January 2013. We will have sales and admin offices, manufacturing, our oven showroom and the potential for a new Test Kitchen all under one roof. This is really exciting. We are... Read More
November Wood-Fired Newsletter is Here
Nov 28, 2012You can read the November 2012 Wood-Fired Newsletter on-line. Or, you can sign up to get your own copy. Read More
King Arthur Flour at Smart and Final
Nov 27, 2012We sure go through a lot of flour. It’s interesting to think about the ingredients that go into the good that you eat; you put so much care and attention into picking ingredients that pure and healthy and that work and taste great. And then you think about what motivates the multinational food companies, and I don’t think they have the same motivations. The profit motive leads to a company... Read More
Nice Swirl; Bad Seam
Nov 26, 2012Still baking away most days, and on occasion something happens where I learn something new. On this loaf of whole wheat cinnamon raise bread I did something right, and something wrong — at the same time. First the good news. The swirl inside my loaf is nice, tight and symmetric, which I think reflects that my dough was shaped in a nice rectangle of even thickness before I rolled it;... Read More
New Terracotta Bakeware from Spain
Nov 26, 2012Just in time for Christmas. We have established a direct import relationship with a large Spanish terracotta bakeware manufacturer, and we have their wonderful casseroles and baking pans in stock, and ready to ship! The perfect present for the pizza oven lover in your family. I have always enjoyed rustic bakeware, and I think the Spanish make the best terracotta. Our manufacturing partner has been making terracotta for over 100... Read More
NY Company Sends 1,000 Pizzas to NYC
Nov 16, 2012We’re not alone. From the New York Post PTTISFIELD, N.H. — A New Hampshire pizza maker is lending new meaning to pizza-to-go — sending an oven truck and up to 1,000 pizzas to storm ravaged Rockaway Beach in Queens, N.Y. Brad Sterl, CEO of Pittsfield-based Rustic Crust, says a truck carrying a wood-fired pizza oven and American Flatbread frozen pizzas will arrive at the Belle Harbor School in Rockaway on... Read More
More on Sandy Relief Help
Nov 16, 2012Peter Seminara has been working hard all week organizing another Sandy relief effort tomorrow, November 17th on Staten Island @ Miller Field Saturday @10AM. Once more — here is how you can send them donations: You can send money to the crew by PayPal to “Peter Seminara” <petersem@earthlink.net> on his cell phone at 201-264-7822. That’s what we did. Here’s a photo from Staten Island last week. Read More
More Pizza for Hurricane Sandy Relief
Nov 16, 2012Angelo Pappalardo from Rubirosa will be operating their mobile FB oven in NYC this Saturday and giving out free pizza. We aren’t sure which borough yet, but we will update this when we know more. Angelo own two pizzerias, one of which won best pizza in NYC a few years ago. More to come. Read More
We are the Champions
Nov 15, 2012Forno Bravo won the Salinas Softball League Championship last night. Wahooo!!! Our office manager played Division I baseball in college, so that helped, but it took the whole team. The championship game was 25-5. I’m really proud of the guys (and the sales and admin gals who were there cheering and taking photos). One note to a couple of our competitors who continue to tell customers that we really don’t... Read More