Webisodes
Webisode: The Taco Temple
Here it is, our first detour off the pizza trail to The Taco Temple in Morro Bay, California, the culinary altar of Chef Adam Pollard and his hard working team of, well, tacaiolos. We stopped here mainly because Brad English, who is the producer and director of our webisodes (who, along with Jeff Michael dreamed up Pizza Quest in the first place), had been there before on one of his…Read More…
Above Tartine, Webisode 2
This week marks the end of our visit to San Francisco’s Gastro District, which is really just one block long, between Guerrero and Valencia on 18th St. In previous segments we spent time at Pizzeria Delfina, Bi-Rite Market, Bi-Rite Creamery, and Tartine Bakery Cafe, and now we head upstairs from the bakery to the apartment of baker Eric Wolfinger, who makes us a wonderful pizza on Tartine’s Country French dough…Read More…
Tartine “Best Loaf” Webisode One
The Best Loaf of Bread Tartine Bakery and Cafe is located on the corner of 18th St. at 600 Guerrero St. and is, like every shop in San Francisoc’s one block “Gastro District,” a total gem. It is the creation of Chad Robertson (baker extraordinaire) and his wife Elizabeth Prueitt (pastry chef supreme). As you will see in this webisode, you just want to eat everything that the eye takes…Read More…
Mozzarella in The Gastro, Webisode #4
This week we conclude our visit to Pizzeria Delfina with a fresh mozzarella lesson from head pizzaiolo Anthony Strong. If you look closely, you’ll see Chef Craig Stoll in the background talking with our producers, Brad English and Jeff Michael (Jeff’s the tall one with hair, Brad you’ll recognize from his photo on our home page). We had so much fun with Craig and Anthony during our visit with them,…Read More…
Ice Cream in the Gastro, Webisode #3
In this segment, Pizzeria Delfina’s head pizzaiolo, Anthony Strong, takes me on a short walking tour of the one block section of San Francisco’s Mission District known as The Gastro. We explore the Bi-Rite Market where we eat gourmet chocolate and devour the lightest, flakiest pork rinds (chicharones) I’ve ever had And then we go across the street to visit with owner Ann Walker at the Bi-Rite Creamery for some…Read More…
Pizzeria Delfina: A Cappucino and Obsession Webisode #2
Craig Stoll (he’s the one with the beard) doesn’t look like an obsessed mad man, while his head pizzaiolo, Anthony Strong, well, yeah, he does. But they both are obsessed and mad, each in his own way, which is kind of cool because we get to see two sides of the “fire in your belly” drive that can and should take over one’s life, giving it a sense of daily…Read More…
The Gastro: Pizzeria Delfina, Webisode #1
So here we are, at Pizzeria Delfina, with Executive Chef and owner, Craig Stoll, and his head pizzaiolo, Anthony Strong. In future segments we’ll explore the Gastro District with Anthony and we’ll sit down with both Craig and Anthony to discuss their culinary vision and pizza philosophy, which I found to be extremely thoughtful. You’ll get a first taste of it in this opening segment as we hear all about…Read More…
Webisode #9: Pizzeria Mozza, Finale
We have now arrived at the final segment of the Pizzeria Mozza webisode series, gathered around a table filled with beautiful pizzas, with Nancy Silverton, and food writers Russ Parsons and Kristine Kidd. I love this segment because we were able to talk about food memories that rocked our world, as well as changing Russ’s mind about the efficacy of Hawaiian pizza –or at least Nancy’s Hawaiian pizza–as you will…Read More…
Webisode # 8: Osteria Mozza
This week we feature the first of our two part conclusion to the Pizzeria Mozza webisodes. In this segment, I’m sitting in the beautiful dining room of Osteria Mozza with Nancy Silverton and food writer Kristine Kidd. Osteria Mozza is located next door to Pizzeria Mozza, literally through the door around the corner of the same building, and never serves pizza. But, since the Osteria is open only for dinner,…Read More…
Webisode # 7: Nancy and Mozza
During the webisode segments that we’ve posted during the past weeks we’ve spent a lot of time at Pizzeria Mozza and LaBrea Bakery, but have heard only a little from Nancy Silverton, the creator of these amazing pizzas. We still have a few more segments to share with you from Pizzeria Mozza before we move on to other exciting places but this week, at last, we’ll hear from Nancy herself….Read More…