Posted by Roger Williamson on June 23rd, 2010
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Anna’s Pizzeria And Roger Williamson Present Presents Keys To A Quality Pizza: Top Tips

Keys to a quality pizza include this simple tip: use top-notch ingredients. Fresh ingredients, from herbs, to tomatoes to toppings, have the most flavor. Choose quality ingredients for a quality pizza.

The crust should be light and not too chewy. Over-mixing the batter can cause it to be tough, so use a light touch. Quality flour is important for achieving a delicious crust. There are a great variety of variations for pizza crust from whole wheat to spelt flour. Whatever type you choose, make sure you flour is the best quality possible.

Pizzas that are made from scratch are likely to beat store-bought kinds in terms of taste. It is easy to see why homemade pizzas are fresher tasting than frozen types from the store.

Making a pizza at home also gives you the chance to avoid preservatives and additives that are ingredients in many ready-made meals. Although kits for making your own pizza have evolved greatly over the years, they do not compare to the taste of a pizza from scratch.

Devoting time and energy to the process of making a pizza has a big impact on how it tastes. Waiting for the dough to rise can help you to get a light, bubbly crust. Giving attention to kneading and rolling out the dough will influence the pizza’s texture.  Read more...

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Posted by Yusof Guild on June 18th, 2010
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Pizza: Humble Beginning To Huge Success

One of the favorite foods in this country is that of pizza. Many people enjoy this food but far fewer are familiar with what the origins of pizza really are. Here we will look into this a bit further.

The Italians were not the first to invent the pizza. When we look back in time we find that the people that lived in middle east areas of the world were the ones that were really responsible for the beginnings of the pizza. In particular we can find that the Greek people were among the first to eat a version of flat breads that incorporated the use of oils, spices and cheese to enhance them.

The pizza we know and love was created by an Italian baker in the late 1800’s who had a goal of impressing some royalty that was coming through town visiting. He used the colors of that symbolize the country as his motivation for the way he made it. The sauce was to symbolize the red, the cheese would do the same but for the white, and the basil was symbolic of the green. This became a huge hit in the country and many other people followed his lead and made their own.  Read more...

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Posted by Mary Franklin on June 6th, 2010
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Enjoy Healthy Homemade Pizzas Anytime With A Home Pizza Oven

With simple recipes and a home pizza oven, anyone can easily make delicious, healthy, and affordable pizzas at home. Pizza lovers don’t have to worry about spending a lot of money only to be eating junk food instead of a healthy pizza.

A flat, usually round, food, pizza was first created in Naples, Italy and is now extremely popular throughout the entire world. Each pizza can be different depending on the sauces, cheeses, and toppings used. Once a pizza is baked in its circular form, it can be sliced up into various shapes, usually triangles, and can be shared among many people. The pieces are usually cut into equal sizes, and are of a convenient size.

It is now easier than ever for those who love pizza to make pizza at home. Home pizza ovens have become easier to use and more affordable in recent years. If you begin using a pizza oven to make pizza at home, your homemade pizza will no longer qualify in the junk food category as it will have none of the additional additives, cholesterol, or grease that usually accompanies a store-bought pizza. It can even be fun to make your own pizza at home if you have the right recipe, equipment, and ingredients. You can decide which delicious and healthy toppings to use and make your pizza as healthy as you would like it to be.  Read more...

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Posted by Christine Szalay-Kudra on June 6th, 2010
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So Many Kinds Of Pizza… So Little Time

Since pizza first came on the scene, many different types have been introduced. Some types are only popular in a particular region, while others are enjoyed all over the world. This just shows how it is a delicious, convenient meal. You can get one from a restaurant or make one at home… either way it is sure to be the favorite choice for dinner.

The New York variety is known for its chewy, thin crust that serves as the basis for the sweetened tomato sauce and fresh mozzarella cheese. New Yorkers eat their slices folded in half. Don’t be surprised to see yellow oils dripping down your arm. This is from the cheese, which is rich in butterfat. New Yorkers prefer it without a lot of toppings to distract them from the goodness of a plain simple pie.

Chicago Style is deep dish. Invented by Ike Sewell in 1943, the deep-dish pizza contains a huge amount of toppings to make sure you are getting a hearty meal. Additionally, the crust is built up high on the sides to contain all the goodies. In Chicago, the cheese goes on first, then the toppings, and finally the sauce. Margarine is added to the pan to create a crisp, lightly fried crust on the bottom. This is eaten with a knife and fork.  Read more...

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Posted by Ronnie Talbot on May 19th, 2010
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Pizza Types

The word “pizza” comes from the Latin word pinsa, meaning flatbread (although there is much debate about the origin of the word). A legend suggests that Roman soldiers gained a taste for Jewish Matzoth while stationed in Roman occupied Palestine and developed a similar food after returning home.

Pizza is a culinary delight, and has been for years! Whether it’s a Friday night on the couch, or a high class restaurant, you’ll find pizza on the menu! Such a diverse dish for any occasion, below is a description of the types of pizza:

Neapolitan. Normally cooked in a wood-fired or brick oven, good Neapolitan pizza emerges with an extremely thin, bubbled crust. Slightly charred areas will offer hints of bitterness to offset the sweet-tangy flavor of tomato sauce and the licorice flavor of julienned basil. Scattered pieces of fresh mozzarella accent, rather than cover, the tomato sauce.

New York. A true New York pizza will have a blanket of blistered cheese covering a thin crust and a layer of sweet tomato sauce. Too many toppings are sacrilegious to a die-hard New York pizza-lover — nothing should ruin the pure genius of a plain slice. And it tastes better if you fold it in half.  Read more...

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Posted by Christine Szalay-Kudra on April 15th, 2010
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Pizza in History

Ask any kid what they want for dinner, and most will shout out, “Pizza!” This simple meal is popular all over the world in one form or another. While the precise beginnings of pizza are unknown, there are some early references to foods that sound suspiciously like pizza to point us in the right direction.

Ancient Pizza

As early as the 6th century BC saw soldiers of Darius the Great cooking a flat bread on their shields. They then covered the bread with cheese and dates before eating it. Sounds rather like a pizza, does not it? Cato the Elder, author of the first history of Rome in the 3rd century BC, wrote of a “flat round of dough dressed with olive oil, herbs, and honey, baked on stones.”

In the first century AD, Marcus Gavius Apicius wrote a cookery book that gives us great insight into the cuisine of ancient Rome. One recipe describes a variety of toppings put onto a bread base. The toppings included chicken, cheese, pine nuts, mint, garlic, oil, and pepper. These are still common toppings found on pizza today!  Read more...

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Posted by Mike Long on April 8th, 2010
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Restaurants Charlottesville: The Real Probe Of Food, Spirits and Events

Restaurants Charlottesville (RCV) is a brand new blog, revealing the results of an ongoing 2-year investigation into the top restaurants and venues in Charlottesville, home of the University of Virginia. Charlottesville is a town rich with eateries and hot local music (including spawning international music sensations the Dave Matthews Band.) It’s a small University town of less than a hundred thousand residents, with big city appeal when it comes to fine dining and events on a budget.

Charlottesville is often in the running for various “best town” or “best small or medium size town” in America competitions, and one of the biggest reasons is the broad array of options for food an entertainment. In fact there’s almost a dizzying array of creative and high value establishments, which mesh with a strong social pulse driven largely by rich local music scene, which has spawned several nationally recognized acts, the most famous being the Dave Matthews Band.  Read more...

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Posted by Robert Nichols on December 24th, 2009
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Understand Why Conveyor Pizza Oven Are Best For Home Made Pizza When Prepared Correct

The perfect pizza is the one whose base is properly done; that is it is consistently heated from all sides and no portion is either uncooked or overdone. At first, the perfect pizza was an art but now it’s technology. Conveyor Pizza Ovens are style to bake perfect pizzas. In this type of pizza oven, the pizza pie is consistently heated from all sides producing a crisp light brown properly done pizza base.

In a conveyor pizza oven, you put the uncooked pizza at one finish from where it enters a tunnel and after passing in the tunnel gradually at a predetermined time and speed, it comes out from the opposite finish as a cooked pizza. The pizza takes five-eight minutes to cook and the controlled airflow and quickness makes certain that the pizza is baked with the same consistency through out.

Conveyor pizza ovens are largely utilized in pizza parlors where they are produced at a mass scale in a very short span of time. There’s no trouble of frequent checking of pizzas. Secondly two or more pizzas will be baked simultaneously relying upon the length of the conveyor belt. The conveyor pizza ovens only need to be preheated for 15-20 minutes. They then maintain the temperature throughout the time they are in use. They also have the flexibility to rapidly cool down when shut off.  Read more...

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Posted by Paul Robert on November 23rd, 2009
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Having an Outdoor Pizza Oven at Your Very Own Home

More often, we think of baking pizza in our very own kitchen oven, which may take several hours of preheating and preparing and may not be as enjoyable as eating pizza outside.

That is right. You can definitely make use of an oven outdoors, you’ll just have to fin one that would fit in your backyard appropriately, and you can now enjoy eating pizza with your friends outside.

However, you may be thinking that this is an additional equipment that needs additional budgeting to obtain. Well, what you may opt to look for are those used pizza ovens, which can let you experience outdoor cooking in a more enjoyable and cheaper way.

It is not that hard to search for these used ovens, you probably have read all about the availability of this equipment in various appliance outlets and how these ovens let you experience outdoor cooking with style.

But of course you don’t just purchase the first thing that you see available at your very own local stores, you have to merely check your budget and do some research for various options.  Read more...

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