Excellent Establishments Category
Living Up to Philly’s Nickname ‘City of Brotherly Love’
Posted on July 4, 2015 Leave a Comment
(pictured above: Rosa’s Pizza owner Mason Wartman standing in front of gifted $1 post-it pizza coupons. photo credit: Mason Wartman via People.com) Philadelphia has a very special joint called Rosa’s Pizza & Grill where patrons can purchase slices of pizza for homeless people for $1. To date, the restaurant has given away more than 10,000 slices of […]
Crazy for Kale: Perfect Kale Chips for Pizza [Language NSFW]
Posted on February 26, 2015 Leave a Comment
I used to despise kale. Really and truly. I wanted my salad bare and simple, to the point where romaine lettuce seemed like a brazen life choice. But that was then, and kale is very much now. And not just for me… kale seems to be popping up everywhere—as a power elixir, snack food, bath salts and […]
#QuotableMondays: Conflict Kitchen & Promoting Cultural Understanding
Posted on December 8, 2014 Leave a Comment
Can an food outlet actually double as an art project? In the case of Conflict Kitchen, yes. And it’s generated some important political conversations along with it. The restaurant, located in Pittsburgh, serves up cuisine from countries with which the United States is in a state of conflict. That includes places like North Korea, Cuba and Iran, […]
Executive Chef David Bradley Leaving Lure Atlanta
Posted on August 13, 2014 Leave a Comment
The very talented executive chef of Lure—part of Fifth Group restaurants—is leaving the restaurant to join Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School as chef and nutrition director. Bradley was quoted within the pages of Pizza for Good, making common-sense suggestions on how to eat fresh and plan ahead when cooking at home. Here’s the passage from the book: For your […]
Decatur’s No. 246: Authentic Italian Farm-to-table Cuisine
Posted on July 2, 2014 Leave a Comment
Had a terrific visit today at Decatur, Ga.’s own No. 246, which is part of the Rocket Farm Restaurant Group. We discussed ideas around my upcoming appearance at Decatur Book Festival—but the star of the show was by far the pizza we had. I’ll try to do it justice: heirloom mushrooms, roasted Sun Gold tomatoes […]
Pizza for Good by Will Pollock 
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