Pizza

If you're traveling to New York and you check yelp.com for suggestions of activities in which to partake while you're here, the number 1 tour they suggest you take is Scott's Pizza Tour, led by Pizza Enthusiast, Scott Wiener. Along with knowing all the important pizza landmarks and best places in the city to get a slice, Scott knows just about everything about the art of pizza production, and I honest to God mean EVERYTHING!

Watch Scott in today's episode and you'll understand why we had to have him on the show. He's truly hilarious and a wealth of information. In today's episode, he teaches us how to turn our trusty rental oven into a brick oven pizza machine by recreating the effects of a $50 pizza stone for just $7!

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Today's episode is huge for us! It features our first celebrtiy guest chef, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. We are so thrilled that Marty agreed to be on the show - it was a real treat for us. Honestly, Daniel and I are still a little shocked that it came together. I don't know about you, but I don't know many public officials who make housecalls simply to celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit. Pretty fabulous! If you've never seen Marty do his thing, then you're in for a treat. Be sure to watch to the end for a very special proclamation:

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INGREDIENTS

-1 large ball of pizza dough (recipe here or get dough from local pizzaria)

-1/2 to 3/4 lb fresh salted mozzarella

-1/2 to 3/4 cup crushed tomatoes

-olive oil

-flour

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Hi folks! Excited for Episode 6 tomorrow? I know you are! In the mean time, I've been meaning to tell you about my trip to Portland, Maine, a town the Bon Appetite voted "America's Foodiest Small Town, 2009"  - and it's only 5 hours away from New York. see pics and hear about my foodie travel after the jump!

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Hello, my name is Allie, and I'm a bagel addict.

A great article from the Bitten blog on NYTimes today. Seems that food scientists have discovered what we food addicts already know: junk food can be as addictive as hard drugs. In fact, they're saying that, "the brain responds to junk food the same way it does to heroin". NOT GOOD!

Here's something that makes me feel good though. An excerpt from the report, from grist.com,

"This is the most complete evidence to date that suggests obesity and drug addiction have common neurobiological underpinnings"

SEE!! It's not our fault! We're addicted! We need help! You have to pull the bagels from our cold dead hands!

Whats worse? The rats they experimented on tolerated ELECTRIC SHOCKS to get their junk food. Crazy! That's where I think I'd draw the line. Unless it was pizza. Really, really good pizza.

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