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Written By Peter Reinhart
Monday, 14 March 2011 Peter's Blog

Hi Everyone, There are a number of interesting events coming up during the next few months that I’d like to get on your radar. In June, our friend Molly O’Neill will be organizing  the First Annual (we hope) Minneapolis Bread Festival. If all comes together as we hope it will (these things never go totally smoothly, especially during the inaugural launch) I’ll be out there along with Joseph Pergolizzi and…Read More…

Coming Attractions, Week of March 18

Hi Everyone, Looks like things are heating up as we enter March Madness! Jamie Oliver commented on Tom Carrig’s Guest Column and our video webisode archive is growing by leaps and bounds. Here’s what’s coming this week: –On Tuesday, I’ll be posting on Peter’s Blog about some interesting up coming events. –On Wednesday, we’ll post a wonderful new recipe for pickled hot peppers that you can easily make at home….Read More…

Report from the Vegas Pizza Expo

Written By John Arena
Saturday, 12 March 2011 Guest Bloggers

I’m not sure who was working at the world’s great pizzerias the first week in March, because it is clear that for a brief time the center of the pizza universe was the Las Vegas Convention Center. The International Pizza Expo has always been the premier event for professional pizza makers, but this year the show has improved to an astonishing degree. It has become a place where mozzarella d’…Read More…

Kelly’s Marinara Pizza

Written By Peter Reinhart
Thursday, 10 March 2011 Written Recipes

{youtube}W2-qC7TBau8{/youtube} It’s hard to believe, if you love cheese the way I do, that this cheese-free classic is every bit as satisfying as the best cheeser-cheeser. Kelly Whitaker, who we’ve featured here before at his wonderful Boulder restaurant, Pizzeria Basta, show us how it’s done. Make note of the beautiful bright red tomato sauce — it makes you crave it as soon as you see him spread it on. But,…Read More…

Pizza, Healthy Pizza?

Written By Tom Carrig
Wednesday, 09 March 2011 Guest Bloggers

Lately I’ve been thinking about how pizza gets a bad rap in the world of nutrition.  Specifically, I find it irritating that pizza, all pizza, is largely dismissed as “junk food.” Don’t get me wrong, as a nutrition professional I love the work that folks like Jamie Oliver are doing out there.  We need to think more about the things we put into our mouths that fall under the increasingly…Read More…

Olive and Peppadew Tapenade

Written By Peter Reinhart
Wednesday, 09 March 2011 Written Recipes

I’m becoming quite fond of those bright red pickled peppers you find in the pack your own condiment bar of supermarkets next to the olive bar–you know, the ones that look like tiny mini-me’s of red bell peppers but have a lot more zing and are sweet and vinegary and just explode in your mouth with flavor. They’re called peppadew peppers and are from South Africa originally. A few years…Read More…

Is Gluten-Free Here to Stay?

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

I just returned from a project working on creating new gluten-free breads and I must say, gluten-free is the big buzz these days. A few years ago, when I tried to convince a large product company to produce gluten-free products they told me the market wasn’t big enough. Then, a few years later, they called me back and said “Guess what–the market is there and we’re ready to produce those…Read More…

Coming Attractions, Week of March 7th

This week we return to Pizzeria Basta in Boulder, CO, for another Kelly Whitaker pizza demo. This time, Kelly shows us his personal favorite, a simple and delicious Marinara pizza, with a few special Kelly touches. This video will post on Thursday. I’ll be back on Tuesday for a new Peter’s Blog, with some comments on the growing gluten free trend. Along the same lines, new Guest Columnist Tom Carrig…Read More…

History on a Plate

Written By John Arena
Tuesday, 01 March 2011 Guest Bloggers

Lately I’ve been thinking about my ninth grade history class. What I recall most vividly was that at the time I had almost no interest in world history. Like a lot of kids that age, I wasn’t looking much at the past, and I really couldn’t understand what all that old stuff had to do with my life. You see, by the age of 15 I had already spent several…Read More…

Top 25 New Pizzerias

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

Hi Again,If you are a regular here then it’s probable that you all have your own list of favorite pizzerias. So here’s a little fuel for the forno, a link to a recent Huffington Post posting of Food and Wine.com’s Top 25 pizzerias. Bear in mind, this list represents what they call “New Guard” pizzerias, not the venerable oldie but goodies like Frank Pepe’s or DiFara’s. After you read about…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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Artisan Breads Every Day
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Brother Junipers Bread Book
Crust and Crumb
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