Southern California friends, if you’ve been craving a tasty wood-fired pizza, you’re in luck: There may just be a Pitfire Pizza near you. We had a chance to dine at the new Pitfire Pizza in Manhattan Beach recently and (even though we’re total East Coast snobs about pizza crusts) we were totally delighted with the [...]
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Stromboli Bowl 2012
Most families have some sort of oddball food tradition, and the Jolly Tomato family is no exception. Our annual stromboli contest has it all: a wide-open field of ingredients, deep-seated rivalries, and unlimited deliciousness. What’s at stake? Bragging rights for a full year and these super-cool trophies. (Read here if you need a refresher on [...]
Frozen Naked Pizza Party
Update, 6/21 – And the winner is…Comment #20. Doris is the winner of the pizza party. Congrats to Doris, and thanks to everyone who entered. Yes, you read that correctly – Frozen. Naked. Pizza. Party. (Will Internet censors block this post?) Frozen Naked Pizza is the brand name of a line of frozen pizzas that [...]
Gluten-Free Day
We have quite a few friends who are maintaining a gluten-free diet, and we’ve been curious about it for a while. But what does it really entail? Would we have to give up bread, pizza, and cookies? Because that would be kind of a big problem in our house. That’s why, when Udi’s Gluten Free [...]
Food News Wrap: July 29
Let’s start with the heavy hitters: McDonald’s made a big splash this week when it announced a nutrition overhaul of its much-criticized Happy Meal. They will downsize the French fry portions and put a fruit or veggie in every Happy Meal. This was the talk of nutrition-watchers all the way up to the White House, [...]
Fun Food Saturday: Stromboli
Pizza night starting to get old? Why not roll it up? We love making strombolis (essentially rolled-up pizzas) because they’re fun to make – and it’s always a nice surprise to see what they look like when you slice them. Extra mid-winter bonus: They make great football-watching snacks. The basic idea behind a stromboli is [...]
Hi! I'm Jeanne Fratello - a writer, reporter, and a mom who is on a mission to find great food for kids and to keep parents up to date on the latest nutrition news. You can read more about me here.
