Tagged With "Pizza"
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Re: Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company, Canmore
Beautiful setting - and you qualify for a free pizza next time you go. ;-)
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Re: Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company, Canmore
This was one of out favorite places when I lived in Canmore in 2004-5. Glad to see it is still going strong.
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Re: Have your World Heritage and eat it, too!
Similar to the status of Champagne. I've tasted some excellent California Champagne. But to be sold here in Europe it has to be from that designated region of France. Same with Palma Ham.
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Re: What To Do When You Visit Sanibel Island
Katy thanks for giving me so many ideas for weekend trips. That has to be the biggest cup of fries I've ever seen!
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Re: When Nothing But the Best Will Do - Pizza
Well. they certainly hit the spot in New York with Di Fara's, but an awful lot of the choices look as if the prize was for most unusual accumulation of ingredients, rather than best pizza. Surely there is an outer limit, where you say "this is not a pizza, it's a take-off on a pizza?" Sort of like when you make a birthday cake and ice it to look like a burger on a bun...
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Re: When Nothing But the Best Will Do - Pizza
PHeymont -- You're like the guy who goes to Baskin-Robbins and wants vanilla! But I agree. Too many pizza places try to go for outlandish toppings rather than making the BEST pizza possible. Generally I like little mom and pop joints best.
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Re: When Nothing But the Best Will Do - Pizza
Some really did look great, but as PHeymont said, others were chosen because they were unusual. Florida's pick was an especially strange and expensive
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Sweden claims 'best pizza' title. Yes, Sweden!
Nothing like a culinary controversy to grab some weekend attention. And after a week in which Italy seized the "world's longest pizza" title from Spain and France and Italy nearly came to blows over Nutella, a bizarre pizza seems like just the thing....
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'World's Longest Pizza' title goes home to Italy
Apparently spurred into action by the shame of having Spain claim the title for an Italian standard, pizza chefs in the town of Rende, in Calabria, worked 16 hours to produce a pizza 1.229km long—more than 3/4 of a mile. Not that we really knew...
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Italian pizza-makers demand license law
A spinach pizza from Torino Photo: Nova / Wikimedia Amar, the association of Italian pizza-makers is demanding...
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Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company, Canmore
DrFumblefinger shares one of his favorite places to eat at in the Alberta Rocky Mountains.
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When Nothing But the Best Will Do - Pizza
It is, apparently, Pizza Week, and Zagat is celebrating by directing us to the best. '50 States, 50 Pizzas' is the title of Zagat's online guide to the best pizzas in the US. Click here "... to find truly standout pies in...
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What To Do When You Visit Sanibel Island
I have been going to Sanibel Island since before I was born, literally. Every time I go back to Sanibel there is always a story or two that's repeating and starts with, “Katy remember when you did this?” Because I have been going there...
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Another pizza record falls: 5836 pies in 12 hours
Italy doesn't like to let anyone else set pizza records, so chefs in Puglia set out to erase a record held by Switzerland and Singapore.
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July 15, 2019: Stoner's Pizza Joint, Jacksonville Florida
Travel Rob shares a clever business in Jacksonville, Florida
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Aug. 14, 2019: Ladder 10/Engine 10, NYC
Samantha delays her first slice of New York pizza to visit another New York institution: the Fire Department
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Your Guide to NYC Pizza Along the 6 Train
BrianMayRoam gives you many excellent choices of pizza joints in his home city.
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Food madness again: Naples to bake 2km pizza!
Naples is out to reclaim the 'world's biggest pizza' title from Milan, with a 2km pie to be baked in the streets in the city that's pizza's birthplace.
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France tops Italy in pizza eating? Oh, my!
A startling study places France above Italy in per-capita pizza eating, with burgers rising, too. The study adds some more and suggests some reasons.
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Have your World Heritage and eat it, too!
Italy has submitted papers for Neapolitan pizza to be recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage on the list of "intangible" cultural assets.
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Re: Your Guide to NYC Pizza Along the 6 Train
Man I miss NYC pies. Can't wait until the next time we are in the city (whenever that is) ☹️ Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Your Guide to NYC Pizza Along the 6 Train
Let me know when you're coming! I have two new Brooklyn favorites for you to try...but they are on the D train!
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Re: Your Guide to NYC Pizza Along the 6 Train
Yes, I'm interested. I'll be back in New York as soon as the lockdown is over.
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Re: Your Guide to NYC Pizza Along the 6 Train
Hi Samantha. I've been away for 30 days now and am really missing it!
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Re: Your Guide to NYC Pizza Along the 6 Train
When that day comes...and it will...both of you can join me for a Brooklyn pizza crawl! Get ready for us, Camillo's and Parkside...and we'll see how Di Fara is doing in the new generation. Got to give them a chance, anyway!
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Pizza at Pasta Jay's, Moab, Utah
Samantha and Gene fill in the story of a favorite Italian restaurant on the road and how they found it again in their home area
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Eating Out in Beaufort, South Carolina
Jonathan L shares some of his favorite restaurants in Beaufort, South Carolina