Pizzalore

The Telegraph reported today that Andy Roddick crushed Philipp Kohlschreiber like a pizza box going into the recycling bin today at Wimbledon. They also reported that Roddick delivered his buddy John Isner a carb-heavy meal on Wednesday, which included chicken, mashed potatoes and three pizzas . The exhausted Isner recently won an 11-hour long match against  Nicholas Mahut. That's the longest tennis game in history! Bravo Andy Roddick for being a truly pizzalicious friend!

Metro posted this picture of an Italy fan throwing dough (is that a Throw Dough ?) at the Italy-Slovokia game in the FIFA World Cup. Italy   had a shocking loss (3-2) against Slovakia at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Fabio Cannavaro , 36, is the captain for the Italian international team. On the FIFA website had some harsh words about the state of soccer in Italy and the  loss to Slovokia, who are World Cup noobs. "Thursday was one of the ugliest nights ever," he said. "There was insecurity, fear. Slovakia played calmly, not us. (In) the faces of my team-mates there was too much tension. The match on Thursday was our worst." I was sad to see Italy booted from the tournament. I am a fan of AS Roma . The Italian international team only had ONE player from AS Roma, the lonely bearded midfielder, Daniele De Rossi . The team was still full of hunks, but none as hunky as Totti.

Picture it: Sunday. Glorious. Warm. Brunch? Yes please. We agree to a rare turn & go out, but for something we can't make (a hard feat as my Mr. Smooth is the master of breakfast and all things butter) & our new neighborhood has tons of places we haven't checked out yet. We'd stopped in to Ortine , in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn for a warm-up one snowy Sunday when we were scoping out potential apartments; their strong French coffee was calling us back. Bonus on this spring day: they have a patio with a cherry tree, roses and herb garden. Double bonus: pizza for breakfast . We're in. I like egg on a pizza. DC's Pizza Paradiso has the Bottarga - the egg cracked on in the last minutes in the oven, left runny so you have yolk to mop up with your crust. This was my introduction to the concept, and they do it right. Another DC pizza joint serves brunch pizza with egg and hash browns; a bit dry for my taste (thou as a vegetarian I'm missing the greasiness bac...

When I was a young student of Richmond Public Schools, we were often served a very weird pizza-like dish called "barquitos" for lunch in the cafeterium (cafeteria+auditorium+gymnasium).  I have NEVER been able to find out anything about barquito pizza on the internet. I did however, find out that barquito means little boat in Spanish. A barquito is basically a french bread pizza topped with seasoned taco meat (probably left over lunch the day before) and cheddar cheese.  I feel like maybe there was a similar dish with sloppy joe meat but who can really be sure. I have done my best to block out school lunch from my memories. What is this dish? I only ever had it in elementary school. Is it the concoction of a lunch lady? Is it a real food item? What is a barquito?

I'm stoked to welcome my friend Harris as a new contributor for the Pizzalicious blog! I know he will make some awesome posts! -Lauren  It's not every day you get to write something for one of your favorite blogs. I'm truly honored to be part of Pizzalicious!!! If you know me, you know that I too have a true love for all things pizza and I'm always excited to see all the different takes and variations on it. Does anyone remember this? It's one in a sea of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles books geared towards kids in the early 1990s. What's special about this one in particular is that it contains the recipe for the first pizza I ever got to make!! Splinter's Eazy Pizzas are basically pizzas prepared on English muffins then baked in the oven. They're pretty simple, but there was something pretty great about being able to make your own pizzas as a kid with whatever toppings you could imagine. My sister and I came up with some pretty intense combinatio...

The New York Post recently reported that Tori Spelling ordered Domino's pizza at a recent book release party at Highbar lounge. She arrived late (maybe after all the hors d'oeuvres were gone) because she had promised to sign every book at Borders.  Spelling's Rep said "Signing all those copies left Spelling hungry: She ordered a Domino's pizza during the party and wolfed down three slices." Domino's?! Really? It is true that the menu at Highbar is not that impressive but surely someone could have suggested a better place to order pizza than a Domino's. Google Maps tells me that there is a Famous Original Ray's Pizza just one block away, even that would be better, right? Forget Tori Spelling, let's talk Donna Martin. There was a girl who knew what was up with pizza! In this clip from Beverly Hills 90210 Donna is more interested in pizza than having sex with her boyfriend. Remember?  HA!  

Pizza! Wow, I have so many great memories of pizza and while I don't remember my first slice I can still reach pretty far back into the vaults for some good times. I'm going to recall these moments in a new series with stories of my most influential pizzalicious memories. Chef Boyardee pizza kits!  I'm sure they have come a long way since it hit supermarket shelves in the 50s. Hell I'm sure it has come a long way since my siblings and I used to make it with my mom in the 80's. and 90's. The Chef Boyardee Pizza Kit is definitely one of my earliest pizza memories. It was one of the first things remember learning to cook by myself. I remember so vividly  helping my mom and taking turns mixing that greasy ball of dough. I remember that little can of super salty sauce with those tiny pepperoni slices, that paper envelope of cheese powder, that bland and crispy crust. I remember  watching it bake into this crispy orange disc. My siblings and I  would wait with wa...