It's always interesting to speak with James Lahey,protagonist of "no knead" bread and owner of New York's pizza restaurant, Sullivan Street Bakery. Recently, James and I connected on Facebook and he invited me down to watch him making some pizza at his Chelsea-based...
With little time to hangout and just bake before work, I still found time this last week to start a sourdough pizza dough. I decided to leave it roughly mixed in autolyse, then eight hours later, found a very bubbly bit of dough! I finished mixing and added my salt to...
A pizza friend recommended, Pivetti Farina di grano tenero 'OO." This Italian flour is ideal for pizza, boasting itself as such on its packaging. Given the company has been around since 1879, who am I to argue? Anyway, with a sourdough first try, I found it quite...
This past summer I met Domenico Bianco a pizzaiola from Naples. He is a consultant for a food group who does worldwide training for pizzaoilas. Last week I had a chance to talk with him about all things fermented. He shared some photos and videos that showed...
Gabriele Bonci, known as "IL Giocolo Della Pizza." The famed Roman Taglio chef arrived for a string of demonstrations through this past weekend. I caught him at Paulie Gee's, an event hosted by Italian food writers Katie Parla and Elisia Menduni....
Feel free to follow us on social media for the latest news and more inspiration.