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
He just summers in Oceanside. There are moments when the world feels like an episode of The X-Files, and you realize the truth has been hiding in plain sight the whole time. Like the instant you see U.S. Pizza Team Captain Tore Trupiano standing outside Mangia e Bevi (Oceanside, California) in a full Santa suit, arms crossed, staring down the camera like a man who knows … [Read more...] about CONFIRMED: USPT Captain Tore Trupiano IS Santa Claus
https://www.pmq.com/meet-the-trupiano-family-a-three-generation-pizza-making-powerhouse/ https://www.pmq.com/the-creamery-crown-chef-tore-trupianos-winner-in-the-real-california-pizza-contest/ https://www.pmq.com/tore-trupianos-mom-warned-him-away-from-a-pizza-career-now-hes-claimed-one-of-its-top-prizes/ https://www.pmq.com/all-eyes-on-us-thats-the-goal-for-tore-trupia … [Read more...] about #97 Tore Trupiano, USPT Team Captain – Mangia E Bevi, Oceanside, CA.
Chocolate, Chaos, and the Rise of a New Tradition There’s something special about Columbus, Ohio. Maybe it’s the crisp fall air, maybe it’s the half-naked Schwarzenegger statue flexing in front of the convention center, usually dusted with snow, or maybe it’s the smell of dough and ambition rising in tandem. Whatever it is, it made the perfect stage for the inaugural 2025 … [Read more...] about Dough or Die in Columbus
Forged in Flavor By Brian Hernandez, Assoc. Editor PMQ, USPT Dir. of Events A Pizza Worthy of the Throne If California had a royal court of pizza, Chef Tore Trupiano wouldn’t be the one wearing the crown. He’d be down in the royal forge making sure it was gold-leafed with mozzarella filigree. This October, in honor of National Pizza Month, Mangia e Bevi, Trupiano’s … [Read more...] about The Crown Fit for Pizza Royalty
