Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart

Lately I’ve been thinking about Roger Bannister. No, Bannister is not the latest hot shot artisan pizza maker. For those of you too young to remember, Roger Bannister was a British track & field athlete who on May 6, 1954 became the first person to run a sub 4 minute mile. Roger, who was later knighted for his efforts, broke what was considered by the general public to be an…Read More…

The Best Loaf of Bread Tartine Bakery and Cafe is located on the corner of 18th St. at 600 Guerrero St. and is, like every shop in San Francisoc’s one block “Gastro District,” a total gem. It is the creation of Chad Robertson (baker extraordinaire) and his wife Elizabeth Prueitt (pastry chef supreme). As you will see in this webisode, you just want to eat everything that the eye takes…Read More…

Welcome back to Pizza Quest.com!  This week we will be posting a new webisode, shot at the world famous Tartine Bakery (right next door to Pizzeria Delfina in San Francisco’s “Gastro District”). This is the bakery that I wrote about in Artisan Breads Everyday that makes my current favorote loaf of bread in the world. Join us on Thursday when we post Part One of Tartine. On Tuesday, I’ll be…Read More…

Welcome back to Pizza Quest.com!  This week we will be posting a new webisode, shot at the world famous Tartine Bakery (right next door to Pizzeria Delfina in San Francisco’s “Gastro District”). This is the bakery that I wrote about in Artisan Breads Everyday that makes my current favorote loaf of bread in the world. Join us on Thursday when we post Part One of Tartine. On Tuesday, I’ll be…Read More…

Hi Everyone, I’m headed on the road for an exciting new Pizza Quest adventure. I can’t say where yet, but I do promise to report on it as soon as I get back. In the meantime, I want to share with you a blog posting from our friend Chef Jensen Lorenzen of The Cass House Inn in Cayucos, California. This was originally posted on his Cass House Inn blog site:…Read More…

When I make pizza, it’s always an event.  Baking in a home oven, I can’t make an extra large pizza for the family, or friends and call it a day.  I’m limited by not having one of those large pizza ovens!  Frankly, I don’t think I’d like to do that anyway.  Half of the fun in making pizza is trying a few different recipes, or letting the kids or guests…Read More…

I have to go to a meeting in a few minutes but before I do I wanted to get this info to you regarding how to order sprouted wheat flour directly from Lindley Mills. I spoke with Joe Lindley yesterday and he said, “Just have them call us here at (336) 376-6190 and we’ll work out a way to send it to them.” The mill is located in Graham, NC,…Read More…

Welcome back everyone!  This week we’ll be posting a terrific new photo essay by Brad English, our “Watch Mr. Wizard” pizza experimenter (and also the director of most of the videos on Pizza Quest). Brad has a number of new pizza experiments to share with you but this week we’ll start with something he calls his “Upside Down Margherita Pizza.”  You’ll find out what he means by that on Wednesday….Read More…

  Lately I’ve been thinking about pizza and mythology. Certainly the history of Italy is punctuated by myths and legends, from the time of the Etruscans right up to the exploits of the current Prime Minister. So why wouldn’t the subject of pizza be any different? The plain fact is there are a lot of myths and fables (some true and some not so much), but also misinformation, and even…Read More…

This week we conclude our visit to Pizzeria Delfina with a fresh mozzarella lesson from head pizzaiolo Anthony Strong. If you look closely, you’ll see Chef Craig Stoll in the background talking with our producers, Brad English and Jeff Michael (Jeff’s the tall one with hair, Brad you’ll recognize from his photo on our home page). We had so much fun with Craig and Anthony during our visit with them,…Read More…