If you've spent time around Slice land, you'll recognize Lauren Vincelli's name. She's the blogger behind Pizzalicious, and she also shows up here writing the United States of Pizza series. I don't know why it's taken me this long to put her in the Pizza Obsessives hot seat. Here goes.... More
Yes, we're a strange lot, us pizza bloggers. Um, OK, actually, Peter J. Genovese, as part of NJ.com's spectacular pizza coverage this week, paints pizza bloggers as a social group of fun-loving obsessives. Which sounds about right. Getting name-checked in the article are folks you might recognize if you're pizza-obsessed yourself: Passion-4-Pizza Pizza Goon Me, Myself & Pie I Dream of Pizza Morta di Fame Stacey Snacks There are others, too, at the bottom of the article. Strangely, Paulie Gee gets mentioned as a pizza blogger, and while I can see why the reporter would make that mistake (Paulie is... More
Lapp, who you might know here on Slice as pizzaexpert (aka the Worst Pizza Guy), appeared on Gary Vaynerchuk's Wine Library TV today. Vaynerchuk gives him some good-natured shit because Lapp doesn't drink (the first guest to come on and not drink with him) and because Lapp likes the Miami Dolphins (Vaynerchuk is a HUGE Jets fan.) Vaynerchuk tastes three wines he thinks might go well with pizza: 2008 Shaya Rueda: A white. He likes. Reminds him of Capri Sun. 2007 Il Maniaco Montepulciano D'abruzzo: A red. Whoa. He HATES this one. Makes me wonder why he sells it... More
