Michael Pollan is one of my favorite food writers. His book Omnivor’s Dilemma was my first window into industrial food production, and he played a big role in the food documentaries Food, Inc., and Fresh. It’s a pretty sobering view. If you are looking to hear a funny interview, you can find Mr. Pollan appearance on NPR’s Wait, wait… don’t tell me. This is unrelated, but Peter Sagal, the host of Wait,... Read More
Welcome to our Wood-Fired Newsletter April 2013. This year, Forno Bravo celebrates its 10th anniversary. In a decade, we have helped over 10,000 families and restaurants install and come to enjoy authentic Italian wood-fired cooking. (We aren’t up to 10,000 oven sales yet, but we are well over 10,000 ovens when you include customers who built the Pompeii Oven.) See the article to the right for a little history on... Read More
There is an interesting phenomenon highlighted in the NY Times today — a growing number of eCommerce sites actually make their own products, rather than acting as intermediaries between the manufacturer and the end customer (think Amazon). Their lead example is a start-up, Warby Parker, an eyeglasses web site. I say this is interesting, because it is a trend that Forno Bravo have been involved in for years. We are... Read More