Tag: pizza blog
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Good Bye 2025
In what seems like the blink of an eye, another year is gone. We’ve survived yet another trip around the sun. While it’s still 365 days, the rotation seems to spin faster and faster every year. My resolution this year was not to make any resolutions, and I held to that. You can’t fail if…
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A Slice of Christmas Magic (With Extra Cheese)
Every Christmas has its miracle stories. Like the ones where nobody brings up politics during the family gathering. Or, the one where the house doesn’t catch fire because of how you wired the lights like in the movie Christmas Vacation. And then there’s the one about how pizza can show up right when needed most.…
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The Probably True Story of Thanksgiving
Despite other stories you may have heard about the origins of this holiday, I think this may be what actually happened. The Pilgrims had a plan. A simple one, really: sail straight, land somewhere promising, start a new life. Unfortunately, “sail straight” turned out to be a lot harder than anyone expected, especially when half…
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The $820,000,000 Pizza Order (Yes, Really)
Think you’ve overspent on takeout before? Try dropping 10,000 Bitcoin on two Papa John’s pizzas. Sounds insane now, but back in 2010, that really happened. The year was 2010. Bitcoin was basically digital monopoly money that only nerdy cryptography forums cared about. Enter Laszlo Hanyecz, a programmer who decided he was hungry and ready to…
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Happy Halloween!
Remember the old song lyrics, “Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat? I don’t think the song was referring to a mini size Snickers bar. Imagine a world where Trick-or-Treaters ring a doorbell on Halloween. When the door opens, the resident is standing in the doorway with a tray of…
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A Monkey, A Horse, and Pineapple Pizza
What the monkey considers business, the horse considers play… If there’s one topic that divides humanity more than politics or whether to fold your slice or eat with a fork, it’s pineapple on pizza. To some people, pizza is sacred — a serious, sauce-and-cheese-only ritual based on tried and true tradition that must be protected…
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October is National Pizza Month
What have you been doing to celebrate this very important month of pizza remembrance? Pizza is obviously the most important of all foods, and it definitely does not require a month to remind us to eat it, but the fact that there is a month honoring this great staple of happiness is worthy of thinking…
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Pizza Travels: Bentonville Arkansas
I don’t usually write about chain pizza restaurants, but Johnny Brusco’s is worthy of a mention! Down south in the hills of Northeast Arkansas you’ll find the fun little city of Bentonville. Known as the mountain bike capital of the world, the city boasts 140 miles of trails for riders of all skill levels. If…
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Pizza: An Indicator of War?
Once again, pizza proves it has amazing abilities beyond what we see (and taste)! As it turns out, the threat of global conflict may be hiding in plain sight—right between our garlic knots and extra-large meat lovers pizza. That’s right, the internet’s buzzing again about something known as the Pentagon Pizza Index, a semi-satirical, yet…
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Pizza Travels – The Other Manhattan (Kansas)
Everyone knows about the Manhattan in New York City, but did you know there is also a Manhattan in Kansas? There may be two Manhattans out there, but they are very different. One is known as being the pizza capital of the world, the other is home to Kansas State University. So similar, yet so…
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Pizza Travels: Omaha, Nebraska
When I travel, I often ask hotel staff where the best pizza in town is. If someone first names off Domino’s or Pizza Hut as a top choice, I know I’m in for a horrible stay. In contrast, if someone names a local family run place, it sparks my curiosity. When the recommendation is followed…
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How Pizza Saved a Nation
Pizza does so much more than satisfy hunger. It brings people together. In the not so distant past, in a small, vibrant nation we’ll call Pizzoria, a tremendous crisis had gripped the country. Political division and economic downturn had driven its citizens to the brink of despair. Discontent simmered on every street corner, and the…
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Pizza: The Last Affordable Food
With the cost of living going crazy since 2020, far too many things in our world have dramatically increased in price. Despite the rising costs of everything involved with making a pizza, the cost of a picking up pie from a pizzeria has not really risen much compared to other foods over the years. Why…
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Pizza Travels: Gas Station Slices…
When you’re on the road and don’t have time to sit down in a nice restaurant for some pizza, a gas station just may be what you’re looking for… Pizza from a gas station? This statement may be a bit odd to a true pizza connoisseur, and maybe even a little concerning, but when done…
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Pizza Travels: Las Vegas, Nevada
This edition of Pizza Travels takes us to the desert… In April of 2023, I found myself in the adult playground of the world, Las Vegas, Nevada. I’ve been to Vegas many times before, but rather than just wandering aimlessly looking for food or just happening upon places like I typically have in the past,…
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Pizza Travels on the Old Route 66
My better half was yearning for a piece of old Americana, so we took a little road trip to the old Route 66 in Joplin, Missouri. There is not much left of the old Route 66, but there are still a few fun reminders remaining of what the popular road probably once was. Set within…
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Don’t Invite Pizza Eating Rats Into Your House
When a pizza restaurant has a rat as a mascot, you should probably be concerned. When they want to send the rat to your house with a pizza, you should probably be more concerned. The national franchise featuring the rat is Chuck E. Cheese, a place popular with little kids who have not yet developed…
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A Sad Holiday Pizza Story
What would you put up with to get a free pizza? I had a coupon for a national pizza chain that I don’t usually eat at. I generally avoid the national chains because the pizza is not that good, but the coupon I had was for a free pizza. While the pizza may not be…
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The Real Reason Aliens Visit Earth: Pizza
If your planet isn’t in the pizza delivery zone, what would you do??? In 2001, Pizza Hut became the first restaurant to deliver pizza into space when they sent pizza by rocket to the residents of the International Space Station who were orbiting Earth. If I was the astronaut who opened the hatch when it…
Words with Pizza - Featuring Marty the Pizza Guy 