The latest idea in fusion pizza has just come out of Scotland. Cosmo Ltd. is working with MacSween of Edinburgh to develop a haggis pizza. Yes, you read that correctly. From the Daily Record:[Cosmo] Owner Cosmo Tamburro said: "We are proud of our Scottish base and decided this was a delicious way to merge the two cultures. "We use our margarita pizza and add haggis and just a pinch of fresh parsley. "People might even start enjoying our haggis pizzas for Burns' Supper." Head chef Collin Mckenzie said: "People ask if I will put neeps and tatties on it but...
Not only can rich folks afford their own personal pizza ovens, they can afford to put them in $25 million high-speed yachts. Luca Bassani, owner of Italian yacht-making company Wally, has designed the WallyPower 118, a luxury seafaring vessel that, according to the New York Times's Frank Bruni, solves "one of humankind's most vexing challenges: how to get, quickly and comfortably, from Portofino for breakfast to Sardinia for lunch and then, should the whim strike, St.-Tropez for dinner." But why would you need to breeze to St.-Tropez for dinner when you could cook up pizza on board: "It splits the...
Next time you're ordering "pizza" south of the border, down Mexico way, they might be laughing at more than your gringo accent. As the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports, two brothers were arrested for running a brothel in which the goods were referred to as "pizza." On March 10, a man told police he was getting gas at a local gas station when a Hispanic man approached him and asked if he wanted sex, handing the man a piece of paper with the word "pizza" written on it. The man told the witness he sold pizza, which the witness later told police...
Deadbeat pizza eaters in the Show Me State best beware: The Missouri Office of State Courts Administrator has hired a company to track down people who owe the state money, and that firm just may use the information given during orders for pie delivery: David Coplen, the state office's budget director, said he found out pizza delivery lists are one of the best sources such companies use to locate people. "There are literally millions of dollars of uncollected fines, fees and court costs out there," Coplen said. How much? A sampling in January of just three of Missouri's 114 counties...
An update on the U.S. Pizza Team and its performance at the World Pizza Championships in Italy, from Pizza Marketing Quarterly: OXFORD, MISS. —The U.S. Pizza Team shined at the World Pizza Championship with one gold medal, Best Pizza in North America and several finishes in the top of each event. Michael Shepherd, owner of Michael Angelo’s Pizza in Kenton, Ohio won first place in the largest dough stretch. His stretch came in at 87.5 centimeters. This was Michael’s third attempt at the title. Last year, he placed seventh in the largest stretch. He also placed fifth this year in...
We got scooped on this one big time, but we'd be remiss not to mention this story. The April 5, 2004, issue of The New Yorker features a Talk of the Town item about the U.S. Pizza Team's George Giove, who competes in the freestyle pizza toss. The U.S. Pizza Team is in Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy, this week for the World Pizza Championships. "Dough Dreams" begins: George Giove, a twenty-nine-year-old journeyman pizzaiolo (Italian for “pizza guy”), competes for the United States Pizza Team. He made his name in the freestyle pizza toss, on the strength of his double-dough toss-and-spin moves...
Let's end the debate now. The best pizza in New York is a transplant from That Toddlin' Town, that City of the Big Shoulders, Chicago. We speak, of course, of Pizzeria Uno. Because you can fill up on one slice, it's the best bang for the buck. And there are many locations throughout the city at which to do so. Our favorite is the one found at the South Street Seaport. It's a welcome respite after a long day of shopping and is always a safe bet when we have out-of-town guests who long to sample some real pizza!...
It's probably not the smartest way to satisfy your hunger for pizza, but a 28-year-old Englishman stands accused of posing as a policeman to get his hands on the stuff. According to the Watford Observer, "A fake Metropolitan police warrant card was used by a man posing as a police officer to try to get a free pizza, it has been alleged.... Daniel McIlroy, of Aldbury Road, Rickmansworth, is charged with going equipped for theft and impersonating a special constable or police officer." We've never had British pizza but we can't imagine it'd be worth breaking the law for. Or...
From the New York Times, Boldface Names column: It was a book party for WALTER YETNIKOFF, the former head of CBS Records who managed to sign artists like MICHAEL JACKSON, the Rolling Stones, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and [Billy] Joel while rising early and breakfasting on cocaine and vodka. Mr. Yetnikoff, now sober, has cleaned up pretty well. Physically, he looks as though he could go a few rounds with a baited bear.... Then Mr. Joel revealed Mr. Yetnikoff's secret weapon. "He's a nut job," Mr. Joel said. "And the musicians were all nut jobs, so finally they had someone they could...
People sure are putting some nasty toppings on pizza these days, but this one might take the cake. A student in Brooklyn found a pill sandwiched under the cheese of a pizza slice served by Marine Park JHS. As the Post reports: It's not known what the pill is, but it isn't poisonous and is not a street drug, said a [spokesman for DA Charlie Hines]. The city continued to serve the pizza because the baker claimed workers weren't allowed to bring pills into the processing area, [Councilman Lew] Fidler [D-Brooklyn] said, calling that "a ridiculous answer." Not poisonous? Not...
