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Pizza Margherita ( A One Day Sourdough Crust Formula)

Written By Teresa Greenway
Tuesday, 08 November 2011 Written Recipes

I said in an earlier post that I would come up with a one day sourdough formula for a pizza crust. Well, I have one I think you’ll like. I really enjoy the simplicity of Pizza Margherita. Wikipedia says: In 1889, during a visit to Naples, Queen Margherita of Italy was served a pizza resembling the colors of the Italian flag, red (tomato), white (mozzarella) and green (basil). This kind…Read More…

Peter’s Blog, November 8th, 2011

Written By Peter Reinhart
Tuesday, 08 November 2011 Peter's Blog

First, I want to welcome our newest sponsor to Pizza Quest, our friends from Central Milling in Petaluma, California. This company is headed up by my longtime friend, Keith Giusto, one of the finest bakers in America and also one of our greatest millers–rarely does someone possess world class skills in both realms, and we’re very proud to have Central Milling in our growing stable of Pizza Quest sponsors. You’ve…Read More…

Tony Makes a Traditional Italian Pizza

Written By Peter Reinhart
Thursday, 03 November 2011 Webisodes

Here’s another in the extremely informative sessions we had with Tony Gemignani at his landmark restaurant, Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in North Beach, San Francisco. In this websode, Tony shows us the difference between what he calls a “traditional Italian pizza” and the Napoletana/Neapolitan pizzas he made in previous segments. I think we might also more accurately think of this as “traditional Italian-American” pizza. This style is baked in a gas…Read More…

Sssshhhhhhh….It’s a Secret

Written By John Arena
Wednesday, 02 November 2011 Guest Bloggers

Lately I’ve been thinking about New Orleans. The Crescent City has a huge Sicilian heritage yet it has never been known as a great pizza city. We will explore why at a later date because right now let’s think about something New Orleans is famous for and how it relates to pizza — music. Back in the early 1900’s there was a legendary jazz musician named Freddie Keppard. People who…Read More…

Peter’s Blog, Nov. 1st

Written By Peter Reinhart
Tuesday, 01 November 2011 Peter's Blog

I’m home, Halloween has passed (we got a record number of kids this year), and I’ve started a serious diet after last week’s blow-out in San Francisco. I’ll be back later today with more details on that, but wanted to let you know what else we have on tap for this week in addition to the recap of last week. On Wed. we’ll have a new recipe from Brad, who…Read More…

Peter’s Blog, Oct. 28th, SF

Written By Peter Reinhart
Friday, 28 October 2011 Peter's Blog

Today is the last day of our photo shoot and we have only three shots left to take but time is running out, so I can’t elaborate on last night’s blow out at Tony’s Pizza Napoletana (how could we not go there after spending the last two months in webisode world with all those Tony’s videos?). However, I’ll post more later this weekend, when things settle down. We were in…Read More…

Tony G. Makes us a Sicilian Pizza

Written By Peter Reinhart
Thursday, 27 October 2011 Webisodes

In this webisode, Tony Gemignani shows us his take on a classic Sicilian-style pizza, such as found at only a few places in New York City, Brooklyn, and other east coast cities, and now at Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco. This type of pizza, in which he first bakes the crust to set it and then tops it with sauce, cheese, pepperoni, and sausage for a final bake, is…Read More…

Peter’s Blog, Oct. 26th, SF

Written By Peter Reinhart
Wednesday, 26 October 2011 Peter's Blog

Wed. We’re halfway through the photo shoot and have come with some great shots and lots of product to bring to Omnivore tonight at 6 PM. There’s always something going into or coming out of the oven, eventually being styled by Karen Shinto into a composition that Leo can assess and light for the camera. The rest of us gather around and offer suggestions or ooohhs and aahhh’s and then…Read More…

Tony Gemignani’s Original Tomato Pie w/Cheese

Written By Brad English
Tuesday, 25 October 2011 Written Recipes

How do you celebrate, or explore a new ingredient you are looking to use?  If your ingredient is a can of Bianco DiNapoli Organic Tomatoes you got your hands on, you don’t need to look too much further than Tony Gemignani’s Orginal Tomato Pie with Cheese.  I remembered this pizza and thought it would be the perfect platform for these tomatoes to shine.  I was on a tomato quest after…Read More…

Peter’s Blog, Oct. 25th, SF Dateline!

Written By Peter Reinhart
Monday, 24 October 2011 Peter's Blog

Here I am in San Francisco, shooting the photos for the upcoming book on Gluten-Free baking. I took a few photos of our team, hard at work, baking, shooting and tweaking the book photos (the “beauty shots” as they’re called), and matching the copy to the photos. We’re having a ball! Last night we had dinner at one of my favorite SF attractions, The Ferry Terminal Market (more on that…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