{"id":7795,"date":"2025-05-18T11:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T15:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/?p=7795"},"modified":"2025-05-19T09:01:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:01:01","slug":"pizza-from-the-heart-a-new-book-by-paulie-and-mary-ann-gee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/pizza-from-the-heart-a-new-book-by-paulie-and-mary-ann-gee\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s not too late to chase your dreams: &#8220;Pizza From the Heart&#8221; A New Book by Paulie and Mary Ann Gee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome back to Pizza Quest!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the most beloved couples in all of pizzadom have just released their first book, <em><strong>Pizza From the Heart,<\/strong> <\/em>and it&#8217;s a beauty, loaded with wonderful recipes, anecdotes, banter, and the whole backstory on the creation of <em>Paulie Gee&#8217;s Pizza. <\/em>Paul and Mary Ann Giannone, aka <strong>Paulie Gee and Mrs. Gee<\/strong>, are manifesting their dream and legacy on a daily basis. One of my most important takeaways from this enjoyable conversation the the Gee&#8217;s is that it is never too late to go after that dream (after all, they were in their fifties when they decided to step aways from their conventional but unfulfilling lives go all in on the risky but heart-felt vision of turning a fun hobby into a path of serving others through their pizzas.\u00a0 Obviously there&#8217;s a whole lot more to this story, so join us to hear all about their amazing journey, here on this episode of <strong>Pizza Quest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Pizza From the Heart&quot; Paulie and Mary Ann Giannone\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V_GpEfXT6MI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to Pizza Quest! One of the most beloved couples in all of pizzadom have just released their first book, Pizza From the Heart, and it&#8217;s a beauty, loaded with wonderful recipes, anecdotes, banter, and the whole backstory on the creation of Paulie Gee&#8217;s Pizza. Paul and Mary Ann Giannone, aka Paulie Gee and Mrs. Gee, are manifesting their dream and legacy on a daily basis. 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