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NEWS ABOUT: pizza

pizza stories: 15 news summaries
OPINION

 12 Food Trends 
 That Need to Die 

Calorie counts are a bummer, and unisex bathrooms are embarrassing

Oct 12, 09 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Why must everything, from burgers to pizza to Vietnamese street sandwiches, have a high-end gourmet version? Those three things should die, along with 9 other food trends that bug Esquire:
  1. Faux speakeasies: spots with no phone number, sign
  2. "Farm to table": idea is fine, but the
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restaurant criticism • calories • pizza • Jay-ZTV • food trends • speakeasy • hamburger

 Trend Alert: 
 Gourmet Pizza 
 Heats Up 

Pies in new 'stratosphere of respect'

Jul 8, 09 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - In recent years, a new culture has developed around pizza: “It’s scrutinized and fetishized, with a Palin-esque power to polarize,” writes Frank Bruni in the New York Times. That means debates over oven types, varieties of flour, the virtues of buffalo mozzarella. The new “stratosphere of... More »

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food • gourmet dining • restaurant criticism • restaurant • pizza • buffalo mozzarella

(Newser) - The first pizza shop in Domino’s founder Thomas Monaghan’s Catholic university town of Ave Maria, Fla., will not be a Domino’s, the Fort Myers News-Press reports. Domino’s says the town is covered by another franchise’s delivery radius, and Ave Maria will get a Milano’s... More »

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Florida • Catholic Church • Domino's Pizza • Ave Maria • Catholicism • pizza • Thomas Monaghan • Milano's Pizza

(Newser) - One minimum-wage worker farts on a salami sandwich, and suddenly the president of Domino's is issuing a public apology? “This is the world turned upside down,” writes Garrison Keillor in the Chicago Tribune. In the actual world, the salami fart is nothing. “The night manager just says,... More »

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YouTube • brands • fast food • humor • Domino's Pizza • pizza • Garrison Keillor

Domino's Workers Fired for Gross-Out Video

Employees filmed doing worse than anything than the Noid ever dreamt up

Apr 15, 09 2:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Domino's Pizza is struggling to contain the damage after a video of disgusting antics in one of its kitchens surfaced on YouTube, Advertising Age reports. A male employee is filmed wiping his bare butt with a sponge he then uses to wipe a pizza pan, farting on pepperoni, and stuffing... More »

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YouTube • brands • fast food • food safety • Domino's Pizza • pizza

 St. Louis Pizza Maker 
 Cooks for Obamas Today  

Obama became a fan during campaign

Apr 10, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The first family is having pizza delivered for lunch today—from St. Louis. President Obama became a fan of restaurant Pi during a campaign stop in Missouri, and yesterday the owner flew to Washington to make 20 pizzas in the White House for the president’s family and staff, People ... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • St. Louis • Missouri • pizza

North Koreans Eat Pizza—After 10 Years' Wait

Kim Jong-Il wanted perfect recipe before authorizing restaurant

Mar 16, 09 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Millions of North Koreans suffer from undernourishment, but in Pyongyang, the ruling elite have a new dining option: the country's first pizzeria. It opened last December, more than a decade after Kim Jong-Il, reportedly a serious gourmand, brought a stable of Italian pizza chefs to teach army officers how to... More »

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North Korea • Pyongyang • dictatorship • pizza • Kim Jong Il

 TiVo Adds Domino's to Its Menu 

Users can order Domino's pizza from their TVs

Nov 18, 08 9:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Hungry? Don't get up from the couch. TiVo customers can now order Domino's pizza right on their TVs, the Wall Street Journal reports, in a promotion that pops up when a customer forwards through a Domino's commercial. The promotion has two goals: Beefing up the pizza chain's bottom line—shares... More »

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television • DVR • Domino's Pizza • pizza • TiVo • delivery service

 Frog Pizza Storms London 

'The Hopper' has UK animal activists croaking mad

Oct 16, 08 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - London restaurant chain Eco has animal-rights activists hopping mad over its newest pizza, the Sun reports. Called “The Hopper,” the pie contains 8 frogs legs with capers and anchovies. British group Animal Aid is urging a boycott of Eco because harvesters of frogs’ legs usually cut them off... More »

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food • fast food • frogs • pizza • Britain • amphibians

 Papa John's Hits $1B
 in Online Pizza Sales 

Pizzamaker hits milestone as Internet becomes serious doughmaker for industry

May 8, 08 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Papa John's passed the $1-billion mark in online pizza orders yesterday, trumpeting growth in Internet sales averaging 50% per year since it debuted the service in 2001. Domino’s and Pizza Hut join the third-place pizza-delivery chain in reporting that the Internet is giving the business new life and increasing... More »

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Internet • fast food industry • pizza • online sales • Papa John's

 Pizza.com Name Sells for $2.6M 

1994 buyer (for 20 bucks) cashes in

Apr 4, 08 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The domain name pizza.com sold at auction yesterday for $2.6 million, netting a tidy little profit for a Baltimore man who bought 14 years ago for $20, the Baltimore Sun reports. Seller Chris Clark held onto the name over the years, making sure to keep up with the... More »

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Internet • domain names • website • pizza • web domain • pizza.com

 Flour Is Costing a Lot of Bread 

The rising cost of wheat is forcing bakers to increase their prices

Mar 16, 08 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Consumers are getting hit in the breadbasket as tight flour supplies push bakers’ costs higher, reports the Los Angeles Times. Wheat crop failures, the weak US dollar and more farmers growing corn for ethanol instead of grain have more than doubled the price of a 50-pound bag of flour... More »

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bread • consumer prices • pizza • wheat prices • flour • bakers

 Pizza Police Pursue Posers 

Deep-dish, go home: Italian law governs
aims to enforce Neapolitan authenticity

Mar 12, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Think that pineapple-and ham-concoction is a pizza? Not according to Italian law, Julie Reno writes in the Smart Set. Only hand-kneaded dough, rolled to no more than 14 inches in diameter, topped with San Marzano plum tomatoes and baked in a brick wood-fired oven qualifies. La Pizza Polizia crown such... More »

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food • Italy • Naples • pizza • authenticity • sushi • neapolitan pizza • Gianni Alemanno

Beer and Pizza Getting Pricey

Rising fuel and ingredient costs affect traditional cheap eats

Mar 1, 08 3:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Even cheap foods like pizza and bagels are getting pricey these days over a mix of inflationary pressures, MSNBC reports. Last year's shocking 4% food price hike was driven by more than gas prices, one analyst says: It's diesel that fuels the trucks and trains that transport goods. "It's... More »

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food • ethanol • beer • fast food • hot dogs • cheese • gas prices • consumer prices • pizza • food prices • wheat prices

10 Best Places to Pig Out

10 best gut-stretching meals around the country

Sep 10, 07 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tired of picking at salads and counting out almonds?  Fill up your plate with the 10 "best-tasting, most gut-stretching" meals the Discovery Channel could find.
  1. Lambert's Cafe, Sikeston, MO
  2. Eagle's Deli, Brighton, MA
  3. Seiad Valley Cafe, Seiad Valley, CA
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food • travel • California • steak • list • contest • restaurant • Missouri • eating • burger • pizza

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