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Crab Season Pizza

Written By Brad English
Thursday, 12 January 2012 Written Recipes

Somewhere around mid-November every year the Dungeness Crabs of the West Coast begin to make their journey from the sea to our plates.  This fact did not go under-utilized by our friends, the Wildermuth’s, who had invited us to join them on their trip to Oregon for the Thanksgiving Holiday.  Due to family obligations we were unable to attend.  We wanted to; we always do.  We’ve had a standing invitation…Read More…

Peter’s Blog, January 10th, 2012

Written By Peter Reinhart
Wednesday, 11 January 2012 Peter's Blog

I’m still having trouble believing it’s already 2012. I still recall back in 1970 how long the run-up seemed to take to the Bi-Centennial in 1976 and I wondered what it was going to be like for me to be, amazingly 26 years old — an adult!– when it happened. Then, all of a sudden, it did happen, and then so many other things happened and the years just kept…Read More…

Peter’s Blog, January 6th, 2012, Good News!

Written By Peter Reinhart
Friday, 06 January 2012 Peter's Blog

Didn’t want you to wonder where we were but we’re still on holiday break. Today is Epiphany, the 12th Day of Christmas, and traditionally the day celebrated as the visitation and gifts of the Magi, the three wise men. We’ve kept our tree up and our Christmas lights on and now, in our neighborhood at least, we’re apparently the only ones left still celebrating Christmas. When our tree goes out…Read More…

Peter’s Blog: Year End Wrap Up

Written By Peter Reinhart
Saturday, 31 December 2011 Peter's Blog

It’s the final day of 2011 and also the end of our first year of Pizza Quest. So, first, on behalf of the entire team (who I will name at the end), thank you for your loyal following of our journey, and for sharing your own.  As riders on our metaphorical “bus,” you and we went to some great places together this year, including Pizzeria Mozza and La Brea Bakery…Read More…

Brad’s Signature Pizza with Sausage, Goat Cheese and Avocado

Written By Brad English
Wednesday, 21 December 2011 Written Recipes

Being last isn’t always a bad thing.  As I often say, one of my favorite pizzas to make is the one that develops with left over ingredients or by chance.  Making pizzas is no small task.  You don’t generally just make one pizza – at home anyway.  You prep and throw a few pies together because it’s a bit of work and the operation does create a bit of a…Read More…

Final Webisode, Tony Gemignani, Respect the Craft

Written By Peter Reinhart
Saturday, 17 December 2011 Webisodes

It’s fitting that we wrap up our first year of PizzaQuest.com with the final segment of our series with World Champion pizzaiolo, Tony Gemignani. We did it in grand fashion, climbing to the top of a hill above the Golden Gate Bridge, looking back on Tony’s new “kingdom.” It looks almost like the Emerald City in The Wizard of Oz, and the view was truly majestic, as you will see…Read More…

Signature Pizza with Jalapeno Cured Bacon

Written By Brad English
Tuesday, 13 December 2011 Written Recipes

I’m still working on my Pizza Quest Signature Pizza series.  I set out to make a few versions to try with a glass or two of my Birra Basta.  I can’t just let the keg sit there, right?  It was all created to be used; The Bruery didn’t brew this beer to pour it down the drain.  The makers of my “new” kegerator surely wanted beer to flow through it. …Read More…

Peters Blog, December 13th, 2011

Written By Peter Reinhart
Tuesday, 13 December 2011 Peter's Blog

Hard to believe how soon Christmas and Chanukah will be upon us. If you are like Susan and me, things start to get a little frantic around now, with too many things to get done and nowhere near the time to do so. So, as a favor to us all, we’ll be wrapping up this, our first year (yes, we actually launched on Dec. 14th of 2010 — wow, seems…Read More…

The Signature Pizza with Sopressata and Chilis

Written By Brad English
Tuesday, 06 December 2011 Written Recipes

I love our Signature Pizza.  I didn’t come up with the recipe but, I was a part of the creation of the question, and the following ideas, that ultimately came together to become it.  I think how lucky we were to have Peter come up with a brand new dough that brought beer into the pizza – a pizza being designed to be paired with a beer that was to…Read More…

Peter’s Blog, December 5th

Written By Peter Reinhart
Tuesday, 06 December 2011 Peter's Blog

Normally I try to post a new Peter’s Blog every Tuesday, and I plan to do another one this week, but not till Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning, because I want to wait until I return from the ribbon cutting ceremony at Charlotte’s new 7th Street Public Market. It’s a project that has been two years in the making and, I hope, will signify a major shift in the cultural…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.

Peter’s Books

American Pie
Artisan Breads Every Day
The Bread Bakers Apprentice
Brother Junipers Bread Book
Crust and Crumb
Whole Grain Breads

...and other books by Peter Reinhart, available on Amazon.com