Entries tagged with 'events'
Posted by L.A. Pizza Maven, June 17, 2009 at 5:00 PM
The inaugural Neapolitan Pizza Forum will be held in Seattle June 24–29.
Why Seattle, you ask? Well, there are several similarities between Naples and Seattle that make this city an ideal choice for VPN Americas' initial pizza convention.
First of all, the skylines of both cities include a magnificent yet ominous volcano looming in the distance (Mount Vesuvius and Mount Rainier, respectively). Another shared geographical feature is that both of these busy ports are anchored in a magnificent bay.
But from a culinary perspective, both Naples and Seattle are world-renowned for their inspired coffee and seafood, and most important, the Emerald City just happens to have the most VPN-certified pizzerias in the United States.
The weeklong pizza convention, hosted by VPN Americas president and owner of California's Antica Pizzeria, Peppe Mielé, will include seminars, discussions, and demonstrations by the various VPN members. All events are free and open to the public.
For information as to the times and locations of these activities, check the VPN website: verapizzanapoletana.org.
Posted by Adam Kuban, June 10, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Pizza a Casa's Mark Bello leads the ingredient-procurement expedition during one of his pizza workshops.
Mark Bello of Pizza a Casa has just announced two late-June pizza workshops. The classes comprise a walking tour of Manhattan's Chinatown and Little Italy, where students shop for ingredients at places like Alleva Dairy, and a hands-on workshop in Bello's kitchen.
Ingredients are determined by what the class buys on the shopping portion of the workshop, but from a past Pizza a Casa event I attended, I can tell you that Bello's topping choices are thoughtful and delicious.
Event Info
This month's classes, both on Sundays, are on June 21 and June 28. It's a five-hour workshop, starting at 11 a.m. at Alleva Dairy. Tickets are $150 each, available at pizzaacasa.com.
Posted by Caroline Russock, April 21, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Thursday night I had the pleasure of attending the pizza-themed Cheryl dance party mentioned early last week on Slice.
The Royale in Park Slope was decked out in pizza-parlor regalia with red-and-white checked tablecloths, construction-paper pizza slices, and paper plates on the wall. There was no shortage of fantastic homemade pizza-themed costumes. Attendees came dressed as various toppings: pepperoni, olives, peppers, tomatoes, broccoli. There was even someone dressed as salmon. And one guest came dressed as Kristy Lynn Hammonds, one of the recently fired Domino's miscreants of YouTube fame.
The evening's most popular snack accessories were edible pizza necklaces, thoughtfully provided by Cheryls. Also spotted were cheese graters and pizza wheel necklaces. When it came time for the Cheryls to perform their signature choreographed dance, The Cheryl, they emerged from behind a wall of empty pizza boxes, dressed as cheese, sauce, and crust.
Pizza Cheryl was definitely the most delicious dance party I've been to in a while. Hopefully there will be more food-themed Cheryls in the future. Cheryl burger anyone?
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Posted by Adam Kuban, April 10, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Clicking in to the Slice inbox today, we've got ...
You may not know about this, but there's a pizza-themed dance party happening next week in Brooklyn. Everyone is going to dress up like pizza, and there's an insane promo video for the event. It's thrown by a group of partythrowers named CHERYL, and the party is called CHERYL: PIZZA
Here's the video promo for the party. It's awesome.
—Nick S.
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Posted by Adam Kuban, January 2, 2009 at 5:30 PM
I'll be speaking as part of a fun year-end wrap-up at Union Hall in Park Slope. My topic? Pizza, what else?
Also speaking will be Patrick Di Justo with "Things We Lost" (the bygones of 2008) Joe Garden with "Welcome to the Night" (the year in vampires), and Marian Salzman with "The Year of Payback" (why the buzzword for 2009 will be "reboot").
The retrospective will be 2009's first installment of Adult Education, self-described as "a useless lecture series" and also as "a monthly event series where various speakers present brief, multimedia lectures on a shared theme."
Attendees are advised to eat a slice of garlic pizza beforehand to ward off any vampires who show up to hear Mr. Garden's presentation.
Adult Education Presents: The Year in Review
Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 8 p.m. (doors at 7:30)
Union Hall, 702 Union Street, Brooklyn NY 11215 (near Fifth Avenue; map)
$5 cover
Posted by Carey Jones, October 7, 2008 at 4:15 PM
New York. Pizza. An eternally happy couple. It's about time, then, that New York got a serious pizza-eating competition on par with Nathan's Hot Dogs or the Wing Bowl. This Sunday, October 12, the first-ever World Pizza Eating Championship will be held in Times Square. It's the newest official event of the International Federation of Competitive Eating, sponsored by Famous Famiglia.
Reigning hot dog champion Joey Chestnut and burger master Patrick Bertoletti (not to mention the current burrito and sweet corn champs) will be at the competitors' table. My bet is on Chestnut. If you fold a slice in half, it's almost hot-dog shaped, and he's clearly got that technique down. Who do you think will take the pizza prize?
Posted by Ed Levine, July 14, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Where: Una Pizza Napoletana, 349 East 12th Street, New York NY 10003 (at First Ave.; map)
When: 3 p.m., October 11, 2008 (Saturday)
Cost: $85 a ticket (available here)
Attention all serious eaters and pizza fanatics: On October 11, Slice founder Adam Kuban and I are going to be hosting a Serious Eats–Slice pizza-tasting and discussion with Anthony Mangieri at Una Pizza Napoletana. This pizza event is a fund-raising benefit and is part of the New York City Wine & Food Festival.
We're going to talk and eat pizza with Mangieri, surely one of the country's great pizzaioli. There will also be coal-fired brick-oven pizza from Totonno's as well as regular gas-oven New York slices to compare and contrast with Mangieri's Neapolitan-style pizza, along with wine, beer, and chocolate.
Everyone attending will also receive an autographed copy of my book, Pizza: A Slice of Heaven.
Tickets are $85, and all proceeds go to Share Our Strength and the Food Bank for New York City.
So come and eat pizza and hang out with Anthony, Adam, and me at Una Pizza at 3 p.m. Buy your tickets here.
Posted by Adam Kuban, June 18, 2008 at 9:55 AM
Went to the NYC Food Film Festival last night and had a pretty good time. Festival co-organizer George Motz screened his short film Brooklyn Pizza, and the short documentary Pure and Simple, a day in the life of Una Pizza Napoletana, was also shown. Photos and such, after the jump.
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Posted by Adam Kuban, June 17, 2008 at 5:05 PM
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NYC Food Film Festival pizza component, al fresco in the parking lot next to Grimaldi's, 19 Old Fulton Street, Brooklyn NY 11201 (map).
Anthony Mangieri of Una Pizza Napoletana fame will be there.
When: 8 p.m., Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Cost: Free
Here's the complete line-up:
- Brooklyn Pizza: Motz's short, six-minute film is basically pizza porn, following the pie-making process from start to finish at the Coney Island Totonno's, Di Fara, and Grimaldi's
- Pure and Simple: A short documentary on Anthony Mangieri and his venerated Neapolitan-pie shop Una Pizza Napoletana. Directed by Fabrizia Galvagano and Julie Haslett, 6 minutes
- In Pignata: Calabrian Fireside Cooking: "Follows a Southern Italian farmer in her eighties through a typical morning on her farm as she ponders the loss of local food traditions." So this one's not exactly pizza, but it is Italian, so deal with it, sliceheads. Directed by Jessica Theroux, 24 minutes
Chairs will be set up in the parking lot for your comfort, and there will be a Grimaldi's tasting. More info at nycfoodfilmfestival.com.
See you there, homeslices.
Pizza Fest: Features a variety of thin, deep-dish, and stuffed pies, plus live music and a "best pizza" contest with celebrity judges. June 21 to 22. 2400 North Racine Avenue, Chicago IL 60614 (map); 773-868-3010. Cost: $5
Posted by Adam Kuban, May 23, 2008 at 3:00 PM
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Just got word from George Motz, one of the masterminds behind the NYC Food Film Festival, that the pizza component of this year's summer screenings will be held al fresco in the parking lot next to Grimaldi's, 19 Old Fulton Street, Brooklyn NY 11201 (map).
What better place than under the Brooklyn Bridge for a line-up of three films that starts with Motz's own short film Brooklyn Pizza?
When: 8 p.m., Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Cost: Free
Here's the complete line-up:
- Brooklyn Pizza: Motz's short, six-minute film is basically pizza porn, following the pie-making process from start to finish at the Coney Island Totonno's, Di Fara, and Grimaldi's
- Pure and Simple: A short documentary on Anthony Mangieri and his venerated Neapolitan-pie shop Una Pizza Napoletana. Directed by Fabrizia Galvagano and Julie Haslett, 6 minutes
- In Pignata: Calabrian Fireside Cooking: "Follows a Southern Italian farmer in her eighties through a typical morning on her farm as she ponders the loss of local food traditions." So this one's not exactly pizza, but it is Italian, so deal with it, sliceheads. Directed by Jessica Theroux, 24 minutes
Chairs will be set up in the parking lot for your comfort, and there will be a Grimaldi's tasting. More info at nycfoodfilmfestival.com.
Full disclosure: I'm friends with George and will be serving as a film judge for this year's NYC Food Film Festival.
