Pasta carbonara is loaded with flavor and easy to make with this recipe from Margherita and Smithfield Culinary.
Two Marketing Ideas Right Now for the Holiday Season
Now’s the time to capitalize on the holiday season and start circulating direct-mail pieces to your customers. Celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza or any other holiday by sending gift cards for your pizzeria in the mail. If you are like most busy pizzeria owners and operators who already have too much … More
Best in Show: National Restaurant Association 2022
PMQ staffers checked out the largest restaurant trade show of the year and reported back on their favorite products and services.
Recipe: Al Taglio Roman-Style Pizza
Just in time for National Pizza Month, master pizza chef Billy Manzo has a pie to serve all October long.
Recipe Video: The Triple Impear-Mint Pizza
Monday, September 5, was National Cheese Pizza Day, but isn’t every day a good day to try out a new cheese pizza recipe, especially when you’ve got some of that amazing Galbani cheese in your cooler? Inspired by PMQ’s senior media producer Blake Harris and developed on the spot by … More
Recipe: Pasta Carbonara by Smithfield Brands
You can make this classic and highly profitable pasta dish even tastier by incorporating Margherita pancetta into your recipe.
Recipe: The Popeye Pizza from Chef Michael LaMarca
Chef Michael LaMarca's award-winning pie features spinach, artichokes and Galbani Premio Mozzarella/Provolone Tigrato Cut Shreds.
Recipe of the Month: The Grandma Pizza from Grandé Cheese
Sponsored by Grandé Cheese Ingredients: 8-oz. pizza dough ball, slacked 9 oz. (9 slices) Grande Avorio Fresh Mozzarella, sliced 5 oz. plum tomatoes, hand-crushed 3 oz. tomato sauce, prepared 2½ oz. olive oil, divided ¼ oz. basil, chopped Grande Romano cheese, grated, to taste Sea salt, black pepper and oregano, … More
Idea Zone: Stella’s Gourmet Pizza Desserts Give Your Customers a Post-Pizza Sweet Treat
Stella’s Gourmet, headquartered in Northern California, has been baking gourmet desserts since the 1970s and is family-run to this day. It’s now well into its second generation—and going on its third—of offering restaurants gourmet “pizza” desserts to grow their sweet offerings. The company’s manufacturing has also grown to other states … More
Idea Zone: Lincoln’s New 2424 Aperion Impinger Is Company’s Fastest-Cooking Oven
Lincoln, a leading Welbilt brand of commercial cooking equipment, has introduced its new high-performance midsize conveyor oven: The Lincoln 2424 Aperion Impinger. Aperion, which derives from the Greek word for “boundless or unlimited,” is the perfect description for Lincoln’s new impingement oven. This unique oven is brimming with features designed to maximize efficiency without ever compromising on the quality for which Lincoln is renowned. The Lincoln … More
Get Inspired by These 4 Vegan Pizza Recipes
By Tracy Morin Whether you call your specialty pizzas plant-based, vegan, cruelty-free or flexitarian-friendly, adding a range of pies without animal products to your menu is a great way to accommodate customers—including, yes, the hardcore carnivores. The trick? Make your vegan pizzas so flavorful that no one misses the meat. … More
Recipe of the Month: Cup ’n Char Pepperoni and Peppadews Pizza
This delicious pizza recipe from the culinary masters at Smithfield features the company’s Cup ‘n Char Pepperoni, peppadew peppers, sautéed mushrooms, whole canned tomatoes and Boursin, Fontina and Parmesan cheeses. Could this be your restaurant’s next signature pizza? Ingredients: 14” pizza crust ¾ c. Boursin cheese 1 tbsp. pizza seasoning … More