According to the New York Times, “Nick Lessins and Lydia Esparza pride themselves on meeting high standards for quality, but not necessarily for catering to the demands of their customers. They are co-owners of Great Lake, a small Chicago pizza shop that has seen the mixed blessing of great reviews.”

Cookwork is a new social network focused entirely (and exclusively) on chefs and culinary students. The site, which is the first holistic web portal for chefs, offers culinary professionals a chance to excel at their job by providing support, information, career opportunities, peer networking, products and services.

According to Business Week, “Papa John’s International Inc. has scored bragging rights as the official pizza sponsor of next month’s Super Bowl — a day when Americans will wolf down millions of slices.”

For the first time, students enrolled in Texas Restaurant Association Education Foundation FS Prep culinary arts programs in high schools across Texas are eligible to compete in the ultimate high school culinary competition, the National ProStart Invitational.

You might have heard the saying “Content is King.” This idea is now updated, because fresh content is the new king. According to Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere series, more than 900,000 blog posts are posted every 24 hours. By posting this fresh content, bloggers are able to add timely and valuable content for their readers, while at the same time increasing traffic to their site, building relationships and establishing themselves as the expert in their fields.

According to Blogs.Barrons.com, “Domino’s Pizza (DPZ) shares are trading sharply higher after Citigroup analyst Gregory Badishkanian upped his rating on the stock to Buy from Hold, lifting his price target to $14, from $11.”

According to Nation’s Restaurant News, ” The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in an effort to reduce the amount of sodium used in restaurant and prepared foods, is debuting its long-awaited National Salt Reduction Initiative today.”

X2 Games, the wholly owned publishing subsidiary of award-winning UK developer Exient Ltd, has today announced details of its strategic marketing partnership with Papa John’s Pizza UK.

Demonstrating their commitment to improving store operations through their comprehensive technology portfolio, Panasonic will showcase a full range of technology solutions for the retail market at this week’s National Retail Federation (NRF) EXPO.

Michael R. Shumsky, recently appointed CEO of CiCi’s Pizza, today announced a restructuring plan to better position the company for growth and success in 2010 and beyond.

According to CBS59.com, Maybe making your own food isn’t your thing, the cold weather is increasing sales for local pizza delivery businesses.

Restaurant point of sale developer SpeedLine now supports new restaurant call center options, in collaboration with SpeedLine Technology Network members Stellar Restaurant Solutions and Delphis Software.

According to FirstCoastNews.com,If you like pizza and football stop on by Brucci’s Pizzeria this month to take part in the first annual Pizza Bowl. It’s a city-wide pizza pie-eating tournament with contestants from all three Brucci’s locations.

The community driven NYPD Pizza Utah developers Angelo Zullo and Jim Rodriquez always knew they wanted to give back to the community that help make NYPD Pizza so successful for their Layton and Draper locations.

Whole Foods, Kunze Farms, Willamette Filbert Growers, Evonuk Oregon Hazelnuts, Harry and David, and Mountain Man Nut & Fruit Co. are recalling hazelnuts due to salmonella.

According to SuccessMagazine.com, When John Schnatter first fell in love with pizza (and first obsessed over fresh dough and cheese-to-sauce ratios), he was a 15-year-old kid promoted from dishwasher at Rocky’s Sub Pub. Anything is better than washing dishes, right? But Schnatter took to pizza making right away, not just to get away from dish duty but to prove he deserved the promotion.

The Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA), the oldest professional society devoted solely to the appraisal of closely held businesses, today announced its publication of Pricing a Small Business for Sale: A Practical Guide for Business Owners, Business Brokers, Buyers, and Their Advisors, by Toby Tatum, MBA, CBA.

According to MLive.com, What started as a Web site for college students to communicate with one another is becoming a useful tool for some Bay City businesses to save money and hire employees.

According to the Denver Business Journal, After 22 years as one of the many small pizzerias operating in the Denver area, Pasquini’s has decided it wants a bigger piece of the pie.

A new, complete gluten-free pizza with a taste and ingredients to rival the best pizzeria pizza is now available online and soon may be found on many grocery store shelves.

Bonici ® Boneless Wings from Tyson Food Service offer the wings consumers crave the most with pizza. With 56% of consumers ordering appetizers or a side dish with their pizza¹, Bonici boneless wings allow pizzeria operators to capitalize on the resurgence of boneless wings popularity with a proven consumer favorite appetizer or entrée option.

Coffee-Mate introduces its Feel the Love 2010 promotion program, officially launching with the “28 Days of COFFEE-MATE Sweepstakes†during February—the month of love.