TMZ reports that a former server and a former bartender at Pizzeria Mozza have accused Mario Batali of stealing their tips, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in L.A. County Superior Court.

Saves up to 50% of your frying oil, reduces costs, saves labor time, and produces healthier food.
Restaurateurs know how quickly frying oil gets dirty and unusable. Oil changes take a lot of time, are expensive, and have safety issues.

ward-winning Sicilian-style deep-dish pizza is cooking in Lake County. We’re talking about thick, doughy pizza with quality topping and lots of cheese.
The man behind the mounds of mozzarella is Frank Baird, who, after snatching a food concessions contract at Classic Park, recently moved his Pizza Plus operation to Eastlake from Avon Lake and is making his mark among the top tiers of pizza chefs.

Larry’s Pizza has expanded out of Arkansas based largely because of success with sit-down buffet that has customers lining out the door.

The 2010 World Pizza Champion, Theo Kalogeracos, is coming to America and he’s bringing his famous pizza oven with him. Already a huge hit in Australia, Theo Kalogeracos is known in the culinary world as a Master Pizza Chef.

Driscoll’s, the leading provider of fresh berries, recently named Executive Chef/Partner John Carver of Eddie V’s Restaurant Inc, Scottsdale, AZ, as their “Top Berry Chef†of the year. Carver garnered this accolade with his innovative recipe, Hot & Crispy Blackberry Ravioli with Chocolate Fondue.

Wright County Egg of Galt, Iowa is voluntarily recalling specific Julian dates of shell eggs produced by their farms because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections, endocarditis or arthritis.

A series of Italian research studies suggest that eating pizza might do good things for a person’s health. These benefits show up, statistically speaking and seasoned with caveats, among people who eat pizza as pizza. The delightful statistico-medico-pizza effects do not happen so much, the researchers emphasise, for individuals who eat the pizza ingredients individually.

After 18 months serving pork-free halal menu three Domino’s franchises in the UK are adding pepperoni, ham, and other products back to pizzas after poor sales.

No pizza boxes in recycling?That’s what it says on the 40,000 recycling carts Grand Rapids sanitation officials hoped to finish distributing this week. But that’s not exactly what the city means.
It means if you’re a greenie who wants to recycle the empty pizza box that won’t fit into your trash can, you have to toss the greasy liner and scrape off any leftover cheese.The rather large label on the city’s new recycling carts repeats age-old requirements that even officials concede can be whittled to a finer point, especially for those serious about recycling.

If she wins this contest, Kendra Chapman will never have to pay for pizza again. The 22-year-old is a volunteer firefighter for Cherokee County and is working toward a degree in fire science