139 episodes
Pizza City with Steve Dolinsky Steve Dolinsky
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4.7 • 93 Ratings
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Steve Dolinsky, author of "Pizza City USA" and "The Ultimate Chicago Pizza Guide" is also founder of Pizza City USA Tours. Every other Friday, he talks to some of the nation's greatest pizza makers, shop owners, pizzaiolos and other legends about their true passion. Discover how they got into the business, what they learned along the way, and how they came up with their delicious recipes. New episodes are available every other Friday. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pizzacity/support
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Jeff Barris - Hail Mary (L.A.)
Jeff Barris has always been into pizza, but when he had a chance to buy an established pizzeria in Atwater Village, he jumped at it. Hail Mary already had a cult following, but now that Barris and his team have taken over, they've changed very little (just the sauce), keeping the same all-natural starter intact and employing four different flours.
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Pizza Expo 2024
Coming back after a few years of so-so attendance, still recovering from the pandemic, the 40th International Pizza Expo was a smash in almost every way. I spoke with a few attendees about why they made the trip.
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Connie Zotta - Salerno's (Chicago)
Connie Zotta is the 2nd generation to run Salerno's in Chicago's West Town neighborhood. The pizzeria has been around since 1966, when it opened in a near suburb of Chicago (Berwyn). Zotta's dad, Joe Salerno, founded the business with his brothers, but since he passed away recently, she has been tasked with keeping the tradition alive.
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Alex Koons - Hot Tongue (L.A.)
Alex Koons has had an interesting career - audio engineer, pizza delivery guy - but his biggest challenge was attempting to open a vegan pizzeria in L.A. It didn't take long to realize he had to pivot. Today his pizza at Hot Tongue in Silver Lake (both vegan and meat-friendly) is among the best in the city, due mainly to his remarkable dough recipe (with four flours!).
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Peter Dorrance & Eric Ehler from Outta Sight in San Francisco
Peter Dorrance and Eric Ehler met while working at Mr. Jiu's, the Michelin-starred restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown. They left to open Outta Sight, a NYC-style pizzeria in the Tenderloin. Convincing locals that it's OK to re-heat slices to-order took some getting used to!
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Katsuya Fukushima - Tonari (Washington D.C.)
Katsuya Fukushima spent 15 years working for José Andrés in Washington D.C., and it allowed him to travel the world. But his upbringing in Hawaii also influenced his palate, and his Japanese heritage also plays a role on his menus. He now cooks Wafu - Japanese inspired Italian - at Tonari in D.C.'s Chinatown, where he and pastry chef Mary Mendoza have collaborated on a mentaiko corn Detroit style pizza that is just stunning.
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Customer Reviews
Great podcast!
I have an hour commute so I get to listen to 4 episodes a day, every one of them has been a fantastic insight into the professional pizza world
Favorite episode = St. Vito’s!!
Best episode by far is the St. Vito Focacciaria in Nashville!
Best Pizza Podcast, easily.
I would want to write a long review but this short one will suffice.
So I've listened to several pizza related podcasts and this is the best one all around. Why?
It covers everything about pizza from all angles specific pizzerias, pizza makers, the business itself, reviews/recommendations, and knowledge on pizza making that can be taken on my an aspiring pizza maker at any level.
Other pizza podcasts are more singularly focused and get too in the weeds to have a long term listen shelf life. Although sometimes, and this is my one criticism of this podcast, some interviews get too into particulars of pizzerias that the more obsessive pizza fans would care about.
But overall this podcast strikes the balance between general interest and pizza fan stuff well.