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Menu Development
Flavor First Pastas
Under Promise and Over Deliver on Pasta Creating fantastic pasta is a culinary art. Perfection or getting close to perfection takes years, if not decades. However, making a solid plate of pasta is something that even the most inexperienced of chefs c...
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Menu Development
Famous sandwiches turned pizzas
Salvadore Deli Sandwiches are like artistic pizzas in the way that pizzas are like artistic sandwiches. Many combinations of wheat, protein, cheese and vegetables in famous sandwiches can turn your pizzas into best sellers by bringing wonderful flavo...
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Operations
Man on the Street: “The Robots are Coming!”
I was so thoroughly terrified the first time I saw Terminator 2. The idea that artificial intelligence could bring on a global apocalypse seemed eerily realistic. It’s been 30 years since that movie came out and I’m no longer concerned about Term...
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Industry News
Maple Leaf Foods welcomes the Schomberg Poultry Plant
The value-added fresh poultry business is an important part of our product portfolio, with chicken the fastest growing segment in the meat protein market. We have built leading national brands in Prime Raised Without Antibiotics (RWA), Maple Leaf and...
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Conversation: Luigi Di Rienzo, Avellino’s Pizzeria, Georgia
Avellino’s Pizzeria Decatur & Brookhaven, Georgia Concept: I own and operate two different style pizzerias. Both named Avellino’s, both located in neighborhoods. 1.) Decatur, GA location features: Thin crust gas deck Custom stone deck baker...
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A Chance To Fly High with Sysco & Red Gold’s Folds of Honor Virtual Cookoff
Instagram Entry Can Earn You A Trip In A Fighter Jet! (Elwood, IN) An Instagram competition with Sysco can earn a foodservice operator one of three grand prizes, including a ticket aboard a fighter jet in Sysco Foodie’s Red Gold® Folds of Honor...
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Emerald and Comexposium Announce Partnership to launch SIAL America
NEW YORK, NY. (June 23, 2021) Emerald Holding, Inc. and Comexposium today announced they will join forces in a strategic partnership to launch SIAL America. Comexposium, one of the world’s leading event organizers and owner of the established an...
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Dough Production/Development
Knead to Know: Don’t blow it with your mobile and off-site catering pizza dough
Hot Wheels Summer is coming quickly, and with Covid restrictions across the country loosening and the number of vaccinations rising, that means dining rooms will be opening and off-site events will be returning. Pizza trailers and catering events wil...
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People & Pizzerias
Rising Stars of the Pizza Industry
Seven Breakout Pizzeria Owners to keep an eye on in 2021 Que Wimberly The Missing Brick – Indianapolis, Indiana How did you begin working in the pizza industry? I began my career in the pizza industry by wanting to introduce my two sons to e...
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Menu Development
Add gelato to your dessert menu mix
Irresistible Indulgence here is something irresistible about gelato. Maybe it’s the smooth, soft and creamy flavor or that it doesn’t leave your palate coated in the heavy butterfat of its dessert sibling, ice cream. The demand for the popular It...
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Menu Development
Pineapple on Pizza: Sweet Surrender
Give in to pineapple, already My love affair with pineapple began at a young age. In an effort to provide me with healthy snacks, my mother would cut up fresh pineapple, along with a variety of other fruits, and keep a large fruit salad in the fridge...
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Commentary: Share Your Success Story
What’s your labor situation like? I’m willing to bet it’s less than ideal. That seems to be the case for nearly every restaurant owner I’ve spoken to over the past year. From pizza to hot dog stands to fine dining, I hear the same story over ...