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A Fall Farm-to-Table Feast with Chef Nicolas Torrent
Nov 19, 2019Chef Nicolas Torrent is a master at taking hyper-local, farm-fresh, organic ingredients and turning them into culinary wonders. He loves using his Vesuvio wood fired oven from Forno Bravo for the textures and flavors it draws from his dishes. Enjoy this video and blog capturing the bounty of a fall “farm to pizza oven to table” feast he prepared for guests last year at Park Winters Farm in Winters, California.... Read More
Wood Fired Thanksgiving Meal Recipe Collection from Foodterra
Nov 15, 2019Eric Wilson is a private chef based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He specializes in “free-style cookery” focusing on fresh, local ingredients. After years of honing his craft in restaurants, he now prepares meals for clients all over the world. His enthusiasm and spontaneity continues to delight guests of all kinds! In 2018, Forno Bravo invited Chef Eric to develop and film making a Thanksgiving Meal using his Bella wood fired... Read More
Understanding the New Nexus Laws for Online Sales
Nov 15, 2019The internet commerce has been a bit of the wild, wild West in terms of sales tax laws for a long time. With customers coming from around the world, manufacturing in one jurisdiction, sales and customer service teams in another, warehousing and shipping often in a third location, figuring how to calculate and collect state sales taxes have been a difficult nut to crack. But as more commerce has moved... Read More
Tips and Tricks on Picking Wood and Managing Your Fire
Oct 31, 2019What’s Your Favorite? Do you have a favorite type of wood you love to cook with in your oven? Click on this form to tell us your preference and why, plus your best fire management tip. We will share them with other oven owners in a later blog to help everyone become a better Fire Master! [ninja_form id=17] For newer owners, managing your fire can be intimidating. Learning how to... Read More
“Look for the Helpers” – Using Wood Fired Ovens to Support Local Communities
Oct 31, 2019Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood frequently quoted his mother as saying to him during difficult times when he was a boy, “Always look for the helpers. There’s always someone who is trying to help.” At Forno Bravo, we are honored to hear many stories of people who use their wood fired ovens to help others, build up their communities, and step in when it is needed. We would like... Read More
The Crawford’s Napolino Food Extravaganza
Sep 26, 2019Alan and Shelly Crawford, of the greater Sacramento, CA area, purchased a Napolino60 wood fired oven for their outdoor kitchen back in 2018. They chose a custom tile pattern in red, black and grey, and added a “C” front and center to represent their family name. They may have started with making (somewhat) basic pizza in their oven, but they immediately began to up their cooking game! Alan is a... Read More
2019 Summer Photo Contest Winners and Other Top 20 Finalists
Aug 26, 20192019 Summer Photo Contest Top 20 Photo Finalists and Winners Congratulations to Duane and Nancy Niemi – our 2019 contest winners! They take home the grand prize of a new Tuscan grill for their Primavera70 oven. They also win the special intangible joyful prize won by introducing so many people to the fun of wood fired cooking and Neapolitan pizza. This is a valuable prize that keeps on giving! We... Read More
Forno Bravo Slings Pizza at the 2019 Salinas Valley Food and Wine Festival
Aug 16, 2019Forno Bravo was happy to jump in and be a part of the Salinas Valley Food and Wine Festival on August 10th in Salinas, CA. Held in Oldtown Salinas, just a mile or two from the Forno Bravo factory and showroom, the festival was a fun way to introduce participants to Forno Bravo ovens and the delicious wood fired pizza they produce! Forno Bravo was a Platinum level sponsor of... Read More
Fire It Up! Forno Bravo’s New Modulating Commercial Burner
Jul 23, 2019While some of our commercial customers prefer the ‘Go Wood or Go Home’ traditional cooking approach in their kitchen, many chefs choose to also install a gas burner in their ovens for maximum flexibility and convenience. Forno Bravo has been offering gas and gas/wood combo options in our commercial ovens for the past 4 years. While our old burner performed well, we felt we could do better. After a lot of research... Read More
