Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart

Hi Again, As the song goes, June is busting out all over. So many cool things happening everywhere that I wanted to mention a couple of them for those of you who, like me, enjoy discovering things at the front edge of the wave, before the rest of the world catches up. Two that I’m tracking are the following: If you’ve followed some of the “Comments’ we’ve received every now…Read More…

Hi Everyone, This week we’re taking a short video break as we prepare to launch a new webisode series next week filmed in California’s Central Coast. However, we have a new Brad English recipe pictorial to share with you, as he shows us how he celebrated Mother’s Day with his family in a Pizza Quest sort of way.  Some fun recipes and photos from our resident “If I can do…Read More…

This week marks the end of our visit to San Francisco’s Gastro District, which is really just one block long, between Guerrero and Valencia on 18th St.  In previous segments we spent time at Pizzeria Delfina, Bi-Rite Market, Bi-Rite Creamery, and Tartine Bakery Cafe, and now we head upstairs from the bakery to the apartment of baker Eric Wolfinger, who makes us a wonderful pizza on Tartine’s Country French dough…Read More…

  This is a time for commencements, graduations, and the completion of cycles. On Saturday we celebrated the annual graduation of our students at Johnson & Wales University and I loved watching our 1,100 grads confirm their educational experience by marching up to proudly accept their diplomas, going through the formal, ritual ceremony that marks such a significant transition into adulthood. It was indeed a confirmation service, like a bar…Read More…

Recently I returned from a “pizza quest” to Southern Italy and would like to share my thoughts on where and what I think is the perfect or best pizza. I have been making dough for over forty years and pizzas for over twenty; it was only after a spell working at London’s most famous pizzeria, Franco Manca, that I felt capable of making a real pizza. The owner, Guisseppe Mascoli,…Read More…

Hi Everyone, Another great week coming up on PQOL (Pizza Quest Online) aka PizzaQuest.com. On Tuesday I’ll be posting my weekly Peter’s Blog and fill you on the latest developments with my upcoming book. On Thursday, we’ll be posting the final installment in our Gastro District series from San Francisco, where we ended up upstairs from Tartine Bakery and Eric Wolfinger made us a pizza in his apartment oven on…Read More…

Fontina, Prosciutto Cotto and Wild Arugula Pizza While at Pizzeria Basta last fall, Peter challenged Kelly Whitaker to come up with a pizza featuring one of Bel Gioioso’s wonderful cheeses.  Peter chose to have Kelly use their Fontina Cheese.  What Kelly came up with was a delicious Fontina with Prosciutto Cotto and Fresh, Wild Arugula Pizza.  As with anything Kelly makes, it turned out amazing.  You can see the video…Read More…

We’re about to visit with Chef Jensen Lorenzen and his wife Grace in a small coastal town in Central California with a series of upcoming webisode segments.  I was recently watching one of the pizza making sessions where Jensen and Peter used some unique local ingredients and created a wonderful pizza.  I felt compelled to give it a shot. I recently came “clean” hinting that my pizzas may look more…Read More…

Hi Everyone, Below, you will find the second part of Chef Jensen Lorenzen’s reflections and blog report following his trip to Italy and the Terra Madra gathering last fall (Part One is located in Peter’s Blog posted May 10th, located below). I think his ethic and commitment to authenticity and flavor is a wonderful example of what Pizza Quest –emphasis on “Quest” — is all about. It also reflects what…Read More…

Welcome back! This week we will be posting Part Two of the journal of Chef Jensen Lorenzen from his trip to Terra Madre in Turin. Look for it in my Peter’s Blog section on Tuesday, along with an update on my recent trip to Boulder, where we filmed some new material for our webisode and instructional sections. I’ll tell you all about it on Tuesday. On Wednesday, we’ll be posting…Read More…