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Brigit Binns, author of Rottenkid, On Surviving A Crazy Hollywood Childhood

Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart, with Guest Author of “Rottenkid,” Brigit Binns       Welcome back to Pizza Quest! Brigit Binns first appeared on Pizza Quest a few years ago when we filmed some cooking segments with her and her husband, actor Casey Biggs, at the Forno Bravo Wood-Fired Oven Expo in Salinas, California in 2017  (see us in action here at: https://www.fornobravo.com/pizzaquest/new-webisode-brigit-binns-cooking-fire/      Brigit and Casey have also…Read More…

Audrey Kelly — Another American Gold Medalist

Welcome back to Pizza Quest. We are in the midst of American greatness on the International pizza stage. First, we recently had Caputo Cup champion Siler Chapman on with us and, now, his compatriot and fellow member of the US Pizza Champions team, Audrey Kelly is here to tell us about her own championship gold medal in the pan pizza category at the Caputo Cup.  Audrey has been on Pizza…Read More…

World Champion Siler Chapman Tells Us How He Did It

Welcome back to a new season of Pizza Quest!          We’ve got a number of great interviews lined up and will be posting often. As always, these will be as much about the quest as they are about the pizza. As a reminder, please write to me at Peter@pizzaquest.com if any of you would like to come on our show to discuss your own quest, whether in…Read More…

A Golden Oldie: Tony Gemignani Teaches Me How to Toss Dough

Hi Everyone, We’ve been busy recording new interviews for the upcoming season, which will launch soon. Meanwhile, I wanted to bring back some of the fun webisodes from the past, especially for those of you who are new to Pizza Quest. Our friend Tony Gemignani is all over the news these days, having just thrown the world’s biggest pizza party (simultaneously, on a number of Princess cruise ships), opening his…Read More…

Pizza Quest, with guest Dave Ravanesi, the latest Philly rising star

Hi All and Welcome Back, My brother, Harry, was with me the day we discovered Pizzeria Beddia about eight years ago and then, together, we watched as Joe Beddia rocketed to superstardom in the pizza world (not because of us, but our timing was pretty good, as we were just ahead of the masses, reinforcing our belief in our own early detection radar skills about these kind of things). So,…Read More…

Pizza Quest: It’s All About the Pans, featuring Paul Tiffany of Lloyd Pans

Welcome back to Pizza Quest. In this episode we welcome back Paul Tiffany, director of product engineering at Lloyd Pans, to update us on the latest new pan pizza products and to explain the unique manufacturing process that allows Lloyd Pans to respond and customize pans so quickly for the pizza and other food service industries. He also shows us a very cool new product for making handheld Detroit-style pizzas,…Read More…

Pizza Quest Interview with World Champion Joe Carlucci of Valentina’s Pizzeria and Wine Bar

Welcome back to Pizza Quest! Our guest in this episode is long-time world pizza champion, Joe Carlucci. So, you might ask, how did a nice New York area kid end up running an iconic, destination pizzeria in Madison, Alabama?  It’s a long story and one best told by Joe himself, including the many life lessons that allowed him to crash and burn (and rise from the ashes) many times on…Read More…

Pizza Quest: Anthony Mangieri, with Big News About His New Line of Frozen Pizzas

Welcome back to Pizza Quest! Anthony Mangieri is one of our favorite guests and now that his NYC restaurant, Una Pizza Napoletana, has been recently anointed by one poll as the “best pizzeria in the world,” this is a timely return visit. In this episode, Anthony tells us all about his new line of frozen pizzas under the name Genio Della Pizza, and how he managed to create and package…Read More…

Pizza Quest: Bagel’s Are Back! Featuring The Owner’s of Kismet Bagels

Welcome Back to Pizza Quest! Yes, bagels are back — with a vengeance! — as wonderful shops are bobbing up all over the country in much the same way as the proliferation of their “kissing cousin” –donut shops — seem to be everywhere (but rarely do we see a bagel and a donut shop combined in one operation — could this be the next big thing?) . The bagel cycle…Read More…

Pizza Quest with guest Blaine Parker, of “Free the Pizza”

Welcome back to Pizza Quest! In this episode, I talk with Blaine Parker, the creator and host of the website Free the Pizza, a site devoted to the unending quest to make pizza in a home oven as good as those from a pizzeria. Can it be done? Blaine says yes, and has written an entire book showing readers how, as well as posting humorous essays regularly on his site…Read More…

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Pizza Quest is a site dedicated to the exploration of artisanship in all forms, wherever we find it, but especially through the literal and metaphorical image of pizza. As we share our own quest for the perfect pizza we invite all of you to join us and share your journeys too. We have discovered that you never know what engaging roads and side paths will reveal themselves on this quest, but we do know that there are many kindred spirits out there, passionate artisans, doing all sorts of amazing things. These are the stories we want to discover, and we invite you to jump on the proverbial bus and join us on this, our never ending pizza quest.

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