Well, I didn't see this until today, but I guess our handy little invention that goes by the name of piPod was featured in the New York Post on Sunday. Oy: We really need to do some updating to our piPod database. From the story: "I used to keep all my to-try information on Post-it notes," says Adam Kuban, 30, inventor of the piPod, a free program at piPodNY.com that gives mini-reviews of several dozen pizza places in the five boroughs. Since it was put online last summer, it's been downloaded by 1,300 pizza-lovers. "I started putting pizza-location info onto...
A CUT ABOVE: Newsday ran a story yesterday tied to the release of Ed Levine's new book, Pizza: A Slice of Heaven (right). Headlined The Best Pizza, it featured pizza connoisseurs (above, clockwise from left) Audrey Aponte, Sam Kinsey, Geof Grayson, and Slice editor in chief Adam K. Pictured here at Peperoncino, in Park Slope, Brooklyn, these slice aficionados discuss the merits of a Friday evening dinner. So, one of Slice's favorite food writers, Ed Levine, wrote a book. His book's about pizza. No surprise there: Mr. Levine is a huge pizza fan. Long Island's paper of record, Newsday,...
It's an embarrassment of riches today in terms of DeMarco's reviews. It was brought to our attention this morning by friend and Slice reader J.J.J. that the New Yorker features DeMarco's in its Tables for Two column this week. It seems you either love DeMarco's or hate it, and the New Yorker seems to love it. And speaking of love, Slice loves that fact that we get a passing mention in the review: Over the past few months, nervous anticipation has characterized discussions among pizza fiends about the quasi-expansion of Brooklyn’s legendary Di Fara’s into Manhattan. To begin with,...
Last night, Slice was talking about Sacramento with our HR director, H. Smith. Ms. Smith mentioned that her brother lives in Sacto, is a loyal Slice reader, and has been recommending the site to friends out that way. Could he be partly responsible, then, for the brief mention we received today in a sidebar to a story on food blogs in the Sacramento Bee*? Who knows? THE SACBEE ON SLICE Content: Though heavily tilted to the pizzerias of New York City, Slice offers leads on first-rate pizza in other cities, links to numerous pizza Web sites - who knew there...
A few weeks ago, a reporter from the Brooklyn Papers contacted Slice's editor and publisher, Adam K., and expressed interest in profiling yours truly for a piece in the various neighborhood-zoned editions of his publication. Why not, I thought. And so Brooklyn Paper reporter Jotham Sederstrom, photographer Greg Mango, and I met at Franny's on a cold late-2004 evening to discuss Slice's origins, goals, etc. Two weeks later, my ugly mug could be found on newsstands in laundromats, delis, and Chinese restaurants throughout parts of the BK—along with a nicely written story. Thanks, Jotham! Click past the jump to...
You may recall that Slice was nominated for an Accidental Hedonist Food Blog Award late last year. We're pleased to report that we won the award, which was for Best Themed Food Blog. We had some tough competition in the likes of Kosher Bachelor, Eighteenth-Century Cuisine, Mum-Mum, and Pho King. Thanks to the Slice readers who voted for us, and big ups to the Accidental Hedonist for organizing this whole thing. It was a great idea, and we look forward to next year's event. Now, speaking of blog awards, you may have heard about the Bloggies. We're not saying anything,...
Slice's editor in chief (that's me) just got an instant message from his friend Laren, something to the effect of "Did you know you're in the January issue of Bon Appétit?" "Huh? No! No way!" I said. Raiding petty cash, I went to the nearest newsstand to pick up a copy or two. Sure enough: There in the "Starters" section, on page 20 of the January 2005 issue, is an item about food blogs: Blogging—the internet phenom in which people write diary-like website entries about their personal obsessions—has hit the food world, and now anyone who eats has something...
A late-in-the-day Thanks! goes out to Charlie Suisman and his great website Manhattan User's Guide. Mr. Suisman's MO is to pick a New York–centric topic and then serve up the best info he can find on it, coming up with links, businesses, services, and happenings that are often useful, obscure, and fun all at once. We encourage you to check it out. MUG's topic today was food blogs, and Slice, your favorite pizza blog, made the list. Given the careful consideration with which Mr. Suisman compiles his lists, we are honored to be mentioned on the site and are in...
The New York Sun, which "shines for all," sheds some rays on the recent pizzification of Park Slope, a subject we examined not too long ago on Slice. Unfortunately, the Web version of the Sun shines only for those who have online subscriptions to read it. For the rest of you, Slice, like Prometheus stealing fire from the gods, has scanned the article for your elucidation. The fire analogy is particularly appropriate for this pizza story. That's because Sun writer Paul Lukas examines three wood-fired-oven pizzerias in the neighborhood: La Villa, Franny's, and Peperoncino. We first became aware of...
Not much time this morning to write much of an entry here, but here's the New York Post on the Joe's closing: When your rent hits the sky, like a kick to the eye — that's finito. Joe's Pizza, a world-renowned Bleecker Street fixture on the corner of Carmine Street, is closing after 29 years because of an enormous rent hike, the owner told The Post. "It makes me sad," said Joe Pozzuoli. The landlord is "asking too much. I offered him $11,000. He said no, he said he's renting it for $15,000 plus tax." That's quite a jump...
