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My Pizza Oven: Matt Stuttle, Cambridge, UK

This week's My Pizza Oven interview is our first international edition. Matt Stuttle, from Cambridge, UK, joins us to tell us about his oven, which he uses to great effect to entertain family, friends, and neighbors. (And, no, that's not Matt in the photo at left but his son—that kid's going to have quite the advantage when it comes to the Pizza Cognition Theory.

10 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, May 11, 2010 at 3:00 PM
Tagged: Cambridge UK, Forno Bravo, interviews, My Pizza Oven, Pizza Obsessives, pizza ovens, Q and As, UK, wood-ovens

The Guardian's Tim Hayward Visits Franco Manca Pizza in Chiswick, London

"It's not burned, it's just slightly carbonized." —Tim Hayward Tim Hayward, of Britain's Guardian newspaper, visits Neapolitan pizzeria Franco Manca in Chiswick, West London, in this video on the Guardian's website. You'll have to click through—the video wasn't embeddable, but it's worth watching.* According to Hayward, Franco Manca's Chiswick location has been getting buzz since opening. It opened in early December 2009; there's also a location in Brixton....

9 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, February 18, 2010 at 9:40 AM
Tagged: England, Europe, Franco Manca, London, Naples-style, The Guardian, Tim Hayward, UK, wood-oven

British Parliament Scandal Widens

Photograph from ** Maurice ** on Flickr If you haven't been paying attention to news from the U.K., some members of Parliament have come under fire in the last week for taking liberties with their expense accounts, including hedge-trimming, moat-clearing(!), and tennis-court repairs at their homes. Who knew there would be a pizza angle, though? One member of Parliament bought so much in the upscale food section of the department store Marks & Spencer that he got a free pizza wheel. Blimey!...

3 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, May 19, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Tagged: England, pizza cutters, scandals, UK

Quote of the Day

"I used to sing for my supper in a pizza restaurant in SoHo. I got 50 quid, a bottle of wine or two and a pizza. I learned my chops, so that's why I have the confidence now to go onstage in front of 50,000 people and do what I do, because I've been waiting long enough." —Mr. Hudson, British singer-songwriter...

Post a Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, May 18, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Tagged: Mr. Hudson, music, Quote of the Day, UK

'Olive Boyle': A Portrait of Susan Boyle in Pizza

scotsman.com Oh, boy. The Scotsman reports on a stunt cooked up by Liverpool bakery chain Sayers. The "Olive Boyle" pizza, a portrait of Britain's Got Talent singing sensation Susan Boyle, was created as a way to promote the company's new line of pizza. Large black olives were used for the frizzy hair, ham for the nose and bread dough balls for the necklace. For the next round of BGT, Boyle should sing a Janis Joplin adaptation: "A Little Pizza My Heart."...

1 Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, May 1, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Tagged: celebrities, pizza weirdness, Scotland, Susan Boyle, UK