Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart
What’s New
- Update from Peter Regarding our Heritage Radio Network Audio Podcasts
- Pizza Quest: Chef Mike Friedman’s Pizza and Other Jewish Italian American Tributes in DC
- Pizza Quest: Animal-Free Cheese that Actually Tastes and Melts Like Cheese
- Pizza Quest, with Guests Jillana Miller and Ahmad Butler, aka Miller-Butler
- Pizza Quest: Shannon Mangini — Things Can Happen Fast
Bacon and Eggs Pizza
Eggs The first time I had egg on a pizza was at a little French Creperie in Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. My family was visiting me while I was working up there, and we took a weekend trip over to the island. One morning we went to this little place I read about known for having a good cappuccino. When I saw that there was a…Read More…
The Pizza Guy
The Pizza Guy, or is he the “Other Pizza Guy? Let me explain. I found myself driving through the desert thinking a lot about pizza. Having thoughts of pizza dance around my head wasn’t out of the ordinary, but you don’t often connect pizza with the desert. I was cruising east at about 5 miles per hour over the speed limit to avoid being taken down by one of the…Read More…
Peter’s Blog, May 9th, Pure Pizza
So, I’ve already written that we we opened Pure Pizza here in Charlotte a couple of weeks ago, but the Grand Opening is really going to be this Saturday, May 12th, when the entire Seventh St. Public Market, where we’re located, has its own Grand Opening. There will be music, jugglers, demo’s, lots of food — basically an all day celebratory festival (and for the whole week following) after two…Read More…
How do you re-heat your pizza?
A Second Transformation – How do you reheat your pizza? One morning recently I woke up thinking of making my second favorite pizza: Left-Over Pizza. I often eat these babies cold, right out of the fridge — there’s just something I really like about a cold slice of pizza. This is a great grab and go breakfast, washed down by a hot cup of coffee as I drive to…Read More…
Peter’s Blog May 2nd, “Eat The Street”
I keep ruminating on my experience on Roosevelt Ave. in Jackson Heights, Queens, during the IACP Conference week (see my previous posting on this, dated April 7th). As I described then and re-read about the various street food taste bursts that we discovered there, I also continue to recall that at nearly every truck or cart one particular phrase kept coming to me: “They’re pursuing the American dream.” I even…Read More…
Peter’s Blog, April 24th, 2012, I’m Baaack!
I feel as if I’ve just emerged from suspended animation. I spoke too quickly in my post- IACP posting when I said “I’m still standing,” as a few days later I hit the wall, ended up in the hospital, and couldn’t stop coughing. Turned out it was just bad bronchitis and dehydration, all of it probably initiated by the major pollen drop here during the too-early spring and then complicated…Read More…
Peters Blog update
I hate missing deadlines so I apologize for failing to post as promised. I just got clobbered by a serious pollen/bronchial illness that has totally laid me low. I’ll be back soon, but just wanted to let you know there’s a reason for my tardiness. I feel another coughing fit coming on…later folks, sorry….. Peter
Roasted Seasoned Eggplant Pizza
I remember standing in line late one night, or rather early one morning on New Years Eve, down in Hermosa Beach at one of our favorite local NY Style Pizza by the slice establishments called Paisanos. I always used to joke with my wife and friends when one of the owners would call out to someone “Hey Paisano!” I would say, “I thought I was Paisano!” When they showed up…Read More…
Next Peter’s Blog coming in a few days
Hi Everyone, Tonight at midnight is the celebration of Eastern Orthodox Easter (Pascha — yes, it’s one week later this year than the Western Easter, as they only fall on the same dates about once every 4 years) so I don’t have my Part 2 of last week’s blog ready yet. I’ll be working on it in a couple of days and get it posted as soon as I can….Read More…
A Tale of Two Flours
Note from Peter: Our friend Stan Ginsberg and, as of last week, now an IACP award winning author of the wonderful book, Inside the Jewish Bakery, started a small mail order specialty flour company called New York Bakers, to meet the need for those of you who have been searching for hard to find, high quality brands. You can read more about Stan in the Contributor Profiles section. We welcome…Read More…