A ninth-place finish. Just getting started. By Brian Hernandez For most pizza makers, Naples is both a pilgrimage and a proving ground. Chris Battiste of MiaAva East Coast Pizza in Pahrump, Nevada, arrived there last week carrying a simple objective. Finish in the top 10 in the 2026 Caputo Cup in the birthplace of pizza. That goal became reality in mid-June when … [Read more...] about FROM PAHRUMP TO NAPLES: TOP 10 IN THE WORLD Chris Battiste’s first Caputo Cup
Five female members of the U.S. Pizza Team talk craft, confidence and making themselves impossible to ignore. There are a lot of ways to get into pizza, and the women helping shape the U.S. Pizza Team (USPT) prove there is no single route. Some came in as entrepreneurs, while others were born into it. For still others, it started as a hobby that became a calling. What connects … [Read more...] about Chain of Command: The Pizzaiolas of the USPT
Thanks for sharing your insight with the U.S. Pizza Team. Your response helps show how differently operators across the country prepare for seasonal change, and it may be featured in upcoming editorial content from PMQ Pizza Magazine. … [Read more...] about Winterizing Your Pizzeria
By Vitangelo Recchia Roman pizza didn’t begin with a trend. It began with a stone, a fire and a flatbread. If you want to understand what it truly is, you need to understand where it came from before you can understand where it’s going. I know this because I lived it. In 2006, I studied abroad and lived in Trastevere, Rome—one of the oldest, most authentic neighborhoods … [Read more...] about Chef Vitangelo Recchia: A Master Pizzaiolo’s Guide to Roman-Style Pizza (Part 1)
