Judge's Dread: Although we were being served some of Long Island's best pizzas straight from an an on-site oven (above) at Adventureland Amusement Park on Saturday, I could feel a touch of anxiety welling up as I perused the judging schedule (top right) and calculated the amount of pizza I'd have to chew through. Nevertheless, I was called there to do a job, and so I steeled my mind, popped some preemptive Tums, and set about judging slices (top left). Ladies and gentlemen, last weekend almost put Slice out of commission, as Saturday was the day I was asked... More

"I like the pizza and hot dogs we used to get better. But mmmmmm, the salmon is s-o-o-o good." — Anajae Whiten, Bridgehampton, N.Y., public school second grader, as quoted in the New York Times story "From 'Yuck' to 'Mmmmmm'"... More