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What's the Deal In Des Moines Iowa? Frozen Pizza
2007-06-17 12:52:00
More frozen pizza is sold in Des Moines, Iowa than any other city in these United States. As a New Yorker, I am proud to say that I live in a city with just about the best freshly made pizza in America.What's the Deal in Des Moines,Iowa ? This city has been ranked number one for frozen pizza sales. What a city! No matter how you slice it, frozen pizza is well, Frozen. And what frozen pizza is most popular? According to the magazine " Frozen Food Age" Here are the top three frozen pizza companies:Kraft Foods leads the market place with a 33 percent share of the market with frozen pizza like DiGiorno and Tombstone frozen pizza.In second place in Schwan Foods with their Tony?s Pizza capturing a 23.5 percent of the market, and in third place is Pillsbury?s Pizza Division which markets the Pappalo?s, Jeno?s, and Totino?s pizza lines.Mayor Frank Cownie of Des Moines, Iowa said "there's no reason for the city not to be proud of its love of frozen pizza." Apparently, Des Moines is a good ...
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The Most Expensive Pizza On Earth
2007-06-17 02:04:00
Nino?s Bellissima Pizza 890 2nd Ave New York, NY 10017(212) 355-2355So here you are. An upwardly mobile New Yorker, with some discretionary income. What to do? Where to go? What to spend that extra dough on? Pizza of course!So you travel to 890 2nd Avenue to Nino?s Bellissima Pizza and order the "Luxury Pizza" to the tune of $1,000.00 a pie. That's right, a thousand bucks, Hey, that's a lot of dough! And for all that dough you get a pizza piled high with 8 ounces of caviar, slices of fresh lobster, wasabi and chives on a creme franche sauce.This pie cost $720.00 to make, so the $1,000 price is okay I guess, I mean Nino only makes $280.00 gross profit on each pie he sells.So who would have that kind of dough and be bold enough or stupid enough to spend $1,000 on a pizza pie. Private investigator and televion personality Bo Dietl that's who. "It was an exciting taste.? Dietl said. So far he is the only one to buy this luxury pie. The only one . . . need I say more . . . Bo once sai...
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Who Has The Best Pizza in New York?
2007-06-16 21:12:00
Pizza New York spent weeks tasting hundreds, no thousands of pizza's. Slice after slice was consumed to determine who has the best pizza in New York City. The five top runners are:Lombardi's32 Spring St, between Mulberry and Mott Sts, New York, NY 10012 · 212-941-7994Opened in 1897 at 53 Spring St., just down the street from its present location, Lombardi's is easily one of the city's oldest eateries. Now, since taking over the space next door, the restaurant has almost doubled its former size. And while the original half--with its well-worn booths and open kitchen--easily outcharms the new dining room, the famously long wait has been cut in half, and thanks to the addition of a bar, it's almost a pleasure.Grimaldi'sBrooklyn Bridge Pizzeria Old Fulton St. under the Brooklyn Bridge (718) 858.4300 19Grimaldi's has the finest pizza pedigree in America. Patsy Grimaldi has perfected the art of pizza-making that he learned at the original Patsy's Pizzeria in Harlem during its gold...
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Origin of Pizza
2007-06-16 20:33:00
The word pizza is believed to be from an Old Italian word meaning "a point," which in turn became the Italian word "pizzicare," which means "to pinch" or "pluck. Pizza is a baked pie of Italian origin consisting of a shallow bread-like crust covered with seasoned tomato sauce, cheese, and often other toppings such as sausage or olive.The world's first pizzeria, Port' Alba, opened in 1830. Pizzas were baked in an oven lined with lava from a local volcano! The first pizza delivery occurred in 1889 when an Italian restaurant owner was asked to create a special dish for the guest of honor, Queen Margherita Terea Giovanni. He wanted to include the colors of the Italian flag in his dish to honor the queen, so he added tomatoes (red), mozzarella cheese (white), and basil (green) to focaccia bread. The restaurant owner named this meal the Margherita Pizza, using part of the guest of honor's name along with part of the name of his restaurant ?Pietro II Pizzaiolo.The Margherita Pizza was t...
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