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Pizza Box of the Week with Scott Wiener, #2.

Written By Scott Wiener
Saturday, 13 June 2020 Pizza Talk

Scott Wiener is back with another pizza box from his world record collection. I don’t want to say too much about this week’s box because it will ruin the fun of playing along as Scott challenges me to guess what is unique about this box. See how many of you can guess its secret but here’s a clue: it’s a bootleg edition of a box that never was. Find out…Read More…

Pizza Talk: The Yodi’s are Back; Tinkering with Your Dough, Part 7

Written By Peter Reinhart
Thursday, 11 June 2020 Pizza Talk

Our dough masters, John Arena and Brian Spangler, return for four new episodes in the Pizza Yodi series (this is the second of the four new ones, but part 7 of the overall Yodi series). During these episodes we’ll be discussing everything from the evolution over many years of each of their doughs, the life lessons they picked up along the way from other pizza giants, the in’s and out’s…Read More…

Pizza Talk: The Yodi’s are Back; Tinkering with Your Dough, Part 6

Written By Peter Reinhart
Wednesday, 10 June 2020 Pizza Talk

Our dough masters, John Arena and Brian Spangler, return for four new episodes in the Pizza Yodi series (this is the second of the four new ones, but part 6 of the overall Yodi series). During these episodes we’ll be discussing everything from the evolution over many years of each of their doughs, the life lessons they picked up along the way from other pizza giants, the in’s and out’s…Read More…

Pizza Talk: The Yodi’s are Back; Tinkering with Your Dough, Part 5

Written By Peter Reinhart
Tuesday, 09 June 2020 Pizza Talk

Our dough masters, John Arena and Brian Spangler, return for four new episodes in the Pizza Yodi series (this is the second of the four new ones, but part 5 of the overall Yodi series). During these episodes we’ll be discussing everything from the evolution over many years of each of their doughs, the life lessons they picked up along the way from other pizza giants, the in’s and out’s…Read More…

Pizza Talk: The Yodi’s are Back! Tinkering with Your Dough, Part 4

Written By Peter Reinhart
Monday, 08 June 2020 Pizza Talk

Our dough masters, John Arena and Brian Spangler, return for four new episodes in the Pizza Yodi series. During these episodes we’ll be discussing everything from the evolution over many years of each of their doughs, the life lessons they picked up along the way from other pizza giants, the in’s and out’s of baking with commercial yeast and preferments — as well as the use of long cold fermentation…Read More…

Pizza Box of the Week with Scott Wiener, #1

Written By Scott Wiener
Saturday, 06 June 2020 Pizza Talk

What? A pizza box with a portrait of Pope Francis on it!?!   Find out all about it here on our very first episode of Pizza Box of the Week with Scott Wiener. Every Saturday, and for a long time to come, Scott will give us the scoop on another pizza box from his Guinness Book of Records collection. He has over 1,500 of them so, we all hope that this…Read More…

Pizza Talk: Scott Wiener, part 2

Written By Peter Reinhart
Friday, 05 June 2020 Pizza Talk

Scott Wiener is probably the most connected person I know in the pizza community. He describes himself as a “serious pizza enthusiast,” but he is so much more. We’ve interviewed Scott here on Pizza Quest so, if you are among the few who don’t know who he is, use the search engine on our home page and put in his name. You will not only be led to the earlier…Read More…

Pizza Talk: Scott Wiener, Our Man on the Streets, Part 1

Written By Peter Reinhart
Thursday, 04 June 2020 Pizza Talk

Scott Wiener is probably the most connected person I know in the pizza community. He describes himself as a “serious pizza enthusiast,” but he is so much more. We’ve interviewed Scott here on Pizza Quest so, if you are among the few who don’t know who he is, use the search engine on our home page and put in his name. You will not only be led to the earlier…Read More…

Pizza Talk: Leo Spizzirri, Part 2

Written By Peter Reinhart
Tuesday, 02 June 2020 Pizza Talk

We first introduced you to Leo Spizzirri back in 2017 after I saw him in action at the International Pizza Expo, where he was a whirlwind of action. Alternating between three different booths located all across the immense convention center, Leo performed a non stop series of demo’s making pizzas, flat breads, showing the potential of wood-fired ovens for more than just pizza, and dispensing golden nuggets of baking wisdom…Read More…

Pizza Talk: Leo Spizzirri, Part 1: No Longer “The Greatest Guy You Never Knew”

Written By Peter Reinhart
Monday, 01 June 2020 Pizza Talk

We first introduced you to Leo Spizzirri back in 2017 after I saw him in action at the International Pizza Expo, where he was a whirlwind of action. Alternating between three different booths located all across the immense convention center, Leo performed a non stop series of demo’s making pizzas, flat breads, showing the potential of wood-fired ovens for more than just pizza, and dispensing golden nuggets of baking wisdom…Read More…

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