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Review: DiGiorno Rising Crust Pizza
As a pizza blogger, DiGiorno has been particularly useful to me, even though it's likely been three years or more since I last ate a DiGiorno pie. It’s been my barometer, my baseline for judging fresh...
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Review: Ricca Pizza, San Gimignano (Tuscany), Italy
In early autumn, EPBAC (Eats Pizza But Avoids Cheese) and I had 12 days in Italy. The trip included beautiful sights, perfect weather, and the fabulous food we had anticipated. It is true, though, that...
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Review: Bar Foscarini (Accademia Foscarini), Venice, Italy
On our twelve day trip through Europe, we anticipated and found wonderful food (pizza and otherwise) in Rome and Tuscany. We had so little knowledge of the Italian Alps that we came with no...
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First Taste: Via Veneto, Norristown PA
After a comment on this blog in which the writer suggested we try the pizza at Via Veneto in Norristown, I asked some colleagues (who live nearby) if they had tried it. None had, but one who drives by...
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Review: Dixie Picnic, Malvern PA
Many residents of Chester County have had the opportunity to visit the DMV location in the Lincoln Court Shopping Center on Lancaster Avenue in Malvern. Perhaps the best thing that can be said about...
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Review: Mama Cozzi's Pizza
Prompted by a $5.00 coupon that came in the mail, I visited the newly-opened Aldi Supermarket on Lincoln Highway in Exton, PA. Aldi is a is a global discount supermarket chain based in Germany,...
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The 12 Breakout Pizzas of 2012
I began this pizza blog in 2011 to chronicle my quest to find "destination" pizza anywhere in the western suburbs of Philadelphia -- on the Main Line or near my home in West Chester. I found lots of...
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Update: Destination Pizzas of Philly’s Main Line
For most of my 3.5 years living in West Chester PA, the pizza pickins west of Philly – along the Main Line, out through West Chester into Downingtown – have been dismal. Most places are churning out...
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Six Sigma Pizza
What Matters More: Ingredients or Technique?In the field of continuous improvement/total quality, Wikipedia tells us that Six Sigma is "a set of tools and strategies for process improvement." What are...
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Review: Mompops Take-Me-Bake-Me Pizza
Sharing a passion for destination pizza, CAFF (colleague and fellow foodie) recently brought to me one of his local favorites - the "Take-Me-Bake-Me" pizza by Mompops.Mompops? I asked the same...
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Review: Tucci’s Fire N Coal Pizza, Boca Raton FL
(Spoiler) The brilliant pie at Tucci's. Click any pic to enlargeIt was probably 20 years ago, on vacation near Disney in Florida. We were staying at a condo off site and we ordered a pizza “with...
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Review: Charley's Grilled Subs
I can never really recommend that you choose a meal, no matter how casual, at the Food Court in the mall. But you will, and sometimes I give in to a weakness for walking past all the high-calorie fast...
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Review: The Baking Steel Yields Five Sigma Tomato Pie
Once again I have to give recognition to the good folks at Slice-SeriousEats for calling to my attention the "Baking Steel" which permits home pizza makers to craft pizzas (Trenton style, Neapolitan,...
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Defining the Tomato Pie
I grew up in a small town in South Jersey. My dad, a World War II veteran, had been introduced to pizza in Trenton – probably in the 1940s – and he called it “tomato pie.” So beginning in my youth...
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58 Pizzas Worth the Calories
Based on some new visits, we’ve updated our Pizzas-Worth-the-Calories list. Among the new entries are three pizzas from Washington DC and three from Italy. Pizza al taglio, Forno Marco Roscioli, Rome....
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Father Guido Sarducci: "Find the Pope in the Pizza"
With the news on February 11 that Pope Benedict plans to step down, interest in all things Papal are high. In choosing a new Pope, some are suggesting an American Pope. Now that American pizza is...
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Review: Totino’s Party Pizza (Frozen Pepperoni)
In October 2012, Adam Kuban wrote a terrific (and mildly controversial) article on Slice – Serious Eats suggesting that Totino’s is the best frozen pizza because it does not pretend to be gourmet pizza...
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Review: King Arthur Classic Crust Mix
Since the acquisition of our wonderful "Baking Steel" surface that permits the best crust possible in a home oven, we've had more enthusiasm for trying to make pie at home that meets or exceeds what we...
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Recipe: Oatmeal Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Hey, pizza guy, since your passion is pizza, you must know about cookies, too, right? Well, I like to eat them, but other than that I don't have much skill in hunting down "destination ginger snaps" or...
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Review: Papa John's Original Crust Pizza
One year ago, Papa John's did a Super Bowl Coin Toss promotion; if you correctly predicted the coin toss, you won a free pizza from Papa John's for ordering online. It was a clever scheme to get you...
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