Pizzalore

Henry Rollins defends pizza lovers of the USA. The legendary punk and front man of Black Flag weighs in on pizza, politics, war, Democrats, Republicans and Tea Partiers and more in this interview.   Particularly interesting is his view on the troubles of pizza lovers in this country.  "War or pizza? Hmmmm, I think most people are going for pizza. But somehow that is politicized into 'If you like pizza you're weak on defense. If you like pizza you love the Taliban and are a Communist' and that's where it ends." These outlandish and unfounded allegations will NOT be tolerated by the pizza-loving patriots of this country! Thank you Mr. Rollins for pointing out that pizza is a much more appetizing option than war, bullshit and sickening health-care system. Props to my friend Will for the heads up on this one.

Image: Tom Mason What a silly headline, but it is true. The New York Times' Michael Moss recently exposed some rather backwards happenings in the US Department of Agriculture . An entity called Dairy Management Inc. has been created as a marketing program within the USDA with the goal to promote and sell cheese products. Lots of people like extra cheese, so what's the problem?  Well the problem is that cheese is often high in saturated fat and calories which can contribute to heart disease and obesity, and these promotions are happening along side the First Lady and the USDA's federal campaign to reduce obesity and promote healthy eating. In addition to this federal funding is being spent on these multi-million dollar corporations for product development and for ad campaigns. In the USDA's Path to Personal Health brochure they even specifically suggest ordering pizza with half the cheese.  Image: Nutri-Shun Corp Comics Dairy Management has been in cahoots with...

Ahhhhh.  I don't get "it."

My good friend Earl Yevak is stationed in Iraq right now but he recently went on vacation in Italy and had some pizza at a place in Palermo called SciuScià . That means "shoeshine" in Italiano! I know Earl loves pizza and I'm looking forward to his posts. -Lauren Hello. Or maybe I should say "Ciao!?" Either way, greetings greetings. Lauren V. is one of my great friends, who I love dearly.  Recently I had the wonderful opportunity to visit a few European Countries, and eat a lot of really great food. Since I was traveling on a budget my diet consisted mainly of pizza!! I was emailing back and forth with Lauren about some of the better places to visit while I was there, and also the better spots to eat. Although I wasn't able to make it to Naples, the birth place of pizza (*Lauren and I had a conversation earlier today about how there actually is a big debate that pizza originated in the middle east somewhere, but we won't get into that now), I was ...

My friend Will and I entered a Little Caesars Halloween Costume Contest. Read more about it on Slice. This is our entry:

Did you know that Halloween is one of the busiest nights of the year for pizza delivery? Sylvia Rector just wrote all about it in the Detroit Free Press . I hope my pal, A Pizza Girl , is hanging in there. There are lot of strange types about on Halloween, lots of nutters. Happy Halloween everyone!

Check out this cute snack from Ellen Jacob and The Examiner. They are perfect for a Halloween snack. This is a great use of string cheese sticks too. Ingredients • English muffins • Pizza sauce • Black olives • Scallions • Red or green pepper • Cheese sticks or slices Instructions 1. Heat the oven to 350º F. For each mummy, spread a tablespoon of pizza sauce onto half of an English muffin (toast it first, if you like). 2. Set olive slices in place for eyes and add round slices of green onion or bits of red or green pepper for pupils. 3. Lay strips of cheese (we used a pulled-apart cheese stick) across the muffin for the mummy’s wrappings. 4. Bake for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the muffin is toasty.