Wood-Fired-Oven Pizza Class at Best Pizza, Brooklyn NYC

When: Monday, January 24, 2010, at 7 p.m.
Where: Best Pizza, 33 Havemeyer Street, Brooklyn NY 11211
Cost: $125 per person for 3-hour class; sign up here »

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3 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 20, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: Angelo Womack, Anthony Falco, Best Pizza, pizza classes

Pizza a Casa: NYC's 'Pizza Self-Sufficiency Center'

Sell the people slices and they'll eat for a day, teach them how to sling pies and they'll eat forever. So might be the mantra of Pizza a Casa, the self-described "Pizza Self-Sufficiency Center" on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Slice's Adam Kuban attended a recent class to see if it's worth your time. Bottom line, if you're a wannabe pizza-maker, it is.

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8 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 22, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Tagged: Jenny Philips, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Mark Bello, NYC, Pizza a Casa, pizza classes, reviews, Slice reviews

Poll: Have You Ever Taken a Pizza Class?

Having taken a couple pizzamaking classes in the last couple of months, the notion of instructor-led pizza education is on my mind.* Have you, dear Slice'r, ever taken a pizzamaking class? »

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8 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 22, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Tagged: pizza classes, polls

A Pizza Lesson with the Guys from Roberta's

[Photograph: Adam Kuban] I took a pizza-making class recently with Anthony Falco (you may know him as tonycalzone) and Angelo Womack of Roberta's. These two pizza gurus were leading a workshop in Brooklyn (at the Brooklyn Kitchen Labs) on making pizza at home....

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19 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, October 25, 2010 at 1:25 PM
Tagged: Angelo Womack, Anthony Falco, Brooklyn Kitchen, pizza classes, The Meat Hook, tonycalzone, videos

Brooklyn: Pizza Class This Weekend with Tony Calzone

You may know Anthony Falco as "tonycalzone" from various Slice comments and a couple videos here. Now you can get to know him in person as he teaches a pizza-making class this weekend. Pizza with Anthony Falco, October 17, 2010, 2 p.m.; $75, 2-hour duration; Brooklyn Kitchen Labs, 100 Frost Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (map)...

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5 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, October 14, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: Anthony Falco, pizza classes, The Brooklyn Kitchen, tonycalzone

Pizza Obsessives: Anthony Falco, Pizza Guru (aka Tonycalzone)

"My favorite type of pizza is free. My second favorite type is hot. After that I'll start getting particular."

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22 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, July 13, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Tagged: Anthony Falco, interviews, pizza classes, Pizza Obsessives, pizzaioli, Q and As, Roberta's, tonycalzone

Events: 'Neapolitan Pizza, from Start to Finish,' at A Mano [Ridgewood NJ]

Where: A Mano Neapolitan Trattoria, 24 Franklin Avenue, Ridgewood NJ 07450 When: Tuesday, April 13, 2010; 6:30 p.m. Cost: Free RSVP: 201-493-2000 It's a demonstration and tasting. So if you're looking for insight into the process, this might be for you. It's not a hands-on workshop, though, so leave your apron at home....

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5 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 26, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Tagged: A Mano, events, New Jersey, pizza classes, Ridgewood NJ

Learn to Make Roberta's Pizza at Home

Roberta's Magherita pizza. [Photograph: Robyn Lee] Williamsburg kichenware haven and all-around cooking-culture headquarters The Brooklyn Kitchen will be hosting a pizza workshop in conjunction with Roberta's that will teach you how to make Roberta's pizza at home — or at least an approximation, since you'd need a wood-fired oven like Roberta's to really go to town. An employee at the Brooklyn Kitchen classroom space said Roberta's partner Chris Parachini will be among the instructors. [via Brooks Jones] When: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. Cost: $75 a person; tickets here Where: Brooklyn Kitchen classroom space, 100 Frost Street,...

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4 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 19, 2010 at 4:10 PM
Tagged: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Kitchen, NYC, pizza classes, Roberta's

Upcoming NYC Pizza Classes with Mark Bello

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,...

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1 Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, June 10, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Tagged: events, Mark Bello, Pizza a Casa, pizza classes

Dear Slice: International School of Pizza Now Open in San Francisco

Clicking in to the Slice inbox today, some pizza-school intel. --The Mgmt. Adam, I know there was a post a long time ago about the International School of Pizza, but today I saw an article in the digital zine Thrillist SF, and it seems the school is up and running--and has a nice little website: internationalschoolofpizza.comJust sharing. Might be worth posting now that it's open and accepting students. --Jeffrey International School of Pizza 1570 Stockton Street, San Francisco CA 94133 (at Union Street; map) 415-835-9888 internationalschoolofpizza.com...

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2 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, May 21, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Tagged: Bay Area, California, classes, Dear Slice, International School of Pizza, pizza classes, pizza schools, San Francisco