Paulie Giannone was a middle-aged, ex-IT professional when he started Paulie Gee’s in Brooklyn’s Green Point neighborhood in 2010. The concept quickly found success and expanded to Miami, Baltimore and Columbus, Ohio. When the native New Yorker was ready to move into that other pizza capital, he tapped another … More
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Jason Samosky: The Benefits of Building Your Own Oven From Scratch
Jason Samosky, of Samosky’s Homestyle Pizzeria in Valley City, Ohio, has been a member of the U.S. Pizza Team (USPT) since his first competition and win in 2005 at Pizza Pizzazz in Columbus, Ohio. Jason recently built his own wood-fired oven to serve his operation. Here, Brian Hernandez, PMQ … More
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Chef’s Corner | Pete Blohme Tricks Out a Tasty Treat With Beignets
The term “French Quarter” usually conjures up images of New Orleans, Bourbon Street and Cajun food. Most of us don’t realize that there is a French Quarter in Alabama as well. And, nestled in the picturesque little town of Fairhope, also lies one of America’s hidden gems. Among a … More
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A Eureka Moment for Steve Bangos Led to His Alaska-Themed Pizza
When Steve Bangos, a television visual and set designer and musician, traveled to Alaska for a gig, little did he know that visit would change his life. Years later, his Eureka Pizza Co., located in Yorba Linda, California, honors the landscape and culture of the 49th state. Bangos’ journey … More
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Chef’s Corner: Leah Scurto and Her Recipe for Rosemary Sicilian Grandma Pie
When people think of California, a few things naturally come to mind—sun, surf and sand. But there is more to the Golden State than beaches and movie stars. From San Diego to San Francisco, California is home to some of the best pizzerias and pizza makers on the West … More
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Super Troopers: Rick Drury Rewrites the Laws of Pizza Marketing at Precinct Pizza
When he was a younger man working for a Domino’s Pizza store in the late 1980s, Rick Drury, owner of the two-location Precinct Pizza in Tampa, Florida, admits he was a “terrible employee” who thought he knew more about running a pizzeria than his bosses. Turns out he was … More
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Chef’s Corner: Chris Decker Creates Some of the Best Pizzas in Las Vegas
Bright lights, water fountains, mini volcanoes. Las Vegas is famous for a lot of things, and pizza is fast becoming one of them. In a town that sees tourists from all over the globe year-round, your pizza game must be on point, and Metro Pizza’s game is definitely on … More
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The Upper Crust: How Anita and Klime Kovaceski Became One of Miami’s Culinary Power Couples
Klime and Anita Kovaceski make a formidable foodservice duo. Walk into their Miami-based hotspot, simply called Crust, and Klime is effortlessly juggling preshift staff management and late-night social media, whipping up time-tested culinary delicacies, and roving tables to gauge customers’ satisfaction at an always-packed house. Anita, invariably, is … More
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The Lost Boys: Building a Small-Town Pizza Empire in the Deep South
In the little Mississippi Delta town of Indianola, the summers can be sweltering, and the mosquitoes are big and mean. As youngsters, best friends Brooks Roberts and Preston Lott played in its broad, flat, green spaces, gazed up at the night sky illuminated by sudden, brilliant flashes of heat lightning, … More
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Artichoke Basille’s: How Two East Village Pizza Guys Became Food Network Stars
Francis Garcia and Sal Basille—cousins, business partners and owners of Artichoke Basille’s Pizza—are, in many ways, quintessential old-school New Yorkers. They know the score and tell it like it is. They’re not afraid of hard work. They take pride in their pizza craft. But they’re also quite unlike the … More
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The Lucky Number: Ali Haider Is Setting the Pizza World on Fire at 786 Degrees.
Ali Haider may be half-Iraqi and half-Indian, but he’s all Italian at heart. As owner of 786° Wood Fired Pizza Company in Sun Valley, California, the dashingly cosmopolitan Haider—he was born in India and raised in Kuwait before immigrating to the United States—terms himself an “ambassador of … More
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The Master Plan: How Michael LaMarca Balances Family Life and Pizza Rock Stardom
The owner of Cleveland-based Master Pizza doesn't let running his successful business run his life.