My 2019 pizza wish list
In my latest 8 Pizzas That Haunt My Dreams post, I mentioned some places I wanted to visit in 2019. I figured I should just jot them down here for posterity. Continue reading My 2019 pizza wish list
Category: Blah Blah Blog
Why do you have blog entries on the website of your pop-up, you may ask. Well, before this domain became margotspizza.com, it was home to a personal pizza weblog called “Famous Original A’s,” where I chronicled my home pizza-making efforts (including my bar pizza progress) as well as my pizza research (aka my “Weekly Pizza Lunch” at various pizzerias around NYC). Anyway, it seemed to be a shame to nuke that all, so instead, I buried it under this Blah Blah Blog header, and here you have it.
Upside Pizza is a promising new slice shop in Times Square
Interestingly enough, Upside is backed by the two brothers behind dollar slice chain 2 Bros., who, having made some of NYC’s cheapest slices, “now want to make one of its best slices.” Continue reading Upside Pizza is a promising new slice shop in Times Square
Putting the new Breville Pizzaiolo through its paces
Having the Pizzaiolo in my kitchen makes me feel like I’m running 70-square-foot mini pizzeria in our apartment. Continue reading Putting the new Breville Pizzaiolo through its paces
8 Pizzas That Haunt My Dreams 2018
Every year I compile a year-end list of memorable pizzas I’ve eaten in the past year. Here’s 2018! Continue reading 8 Pizzas That Haunt My Dreams 2018
I feel a deep connection to Roll-N-Roaster and its whole thing
Roll-N-Roaster isn’t pizza but nonetheless looms large as an influence on me—and any eventual Margot’s Pizza. Continue reading I feel a deep connection to Roll-N-Roaster and its whole thing
You Can’t Not: L’Industrie’s burrata slice
Laveglia takes one of his fantastic slices, which need little embellishment as they are, and plops a nice dollop of the creamy cheese cold on top. You can’t not. Continue reading You Can’t Not: L’Industrie’s burrata slice
Listen to me blab about pizza on the Serious Eats ‘Special Sauce’ podcast
And not just me! You also get Scott Wiener and Ed Levine talking about the crusty, saucy, cheesy stuff that everyone loves. And it’s a 3-part series! Lots to digest. Continue reading Listen to me blab about pizza on the Serious Eats ‘Special Sauce’ podcast
So I taught a private pizzamaking-at-home class
Last Friday I taught a one-off home-pizzamaking workshop for a group of five—a dad, his two sons, their uncle/The Dad’s brother, and a friend of the family. Here are two pizzas I had a chance to snap pictures of. The plain pie is a Di Fara–inspired pizza with a blend of regular “low-moisture” mozzarella and … Continue reading So I taught a private pizzamaking-at-home class