Month: January 2012

Rival Hot Sauce Makers in a Duel for Attention

“SOME like it hot,” Tony Curtis told Marilyn Monroe in the 1959 movie of the same name, referring to music. Since then, Americans have grown to like something else — food — even hotter, as evidenced by the popularization of spicy fare like Buffalo chicken wings, made with cayenne pepper hot sauce.

This Week in Pizza – 1/25/12

Today on This Week in Pizza, Papa John’s takes a big gamble on Super Bowl Sunday, an Illinois pizzeria receives a $25,000 small business grant and a fast-casual chain adopts new ordering technology.

Long Island Pizzeria Sells Blue Pizza

“The people who own Joe’s Pizza on Union Ave. in Holbrook are big New York Giants fans so they decided to honor Big Blue with a blue pizza and blue garlic nuts,” reports MyFoxNY.com.

Long Island Pizza Guy Video Goes Viral

“A Long Island pizzeria employee was caught on camera unleashing his inner Andrea Bocelli, and the video is making waves across the Internet,” reports LongIslandPress.com.

Pizzeria Theater Fundraiser Sells Out

“Several people had to be turned away at the door Tuesday night during a “theater café” fundraiser for the Novato Theater staged at Ghiringhelli Pizzeria, so more cozy get-togethers are being planned,” reports Novato.Patch.com.