{"id":2197,"date":"2015-12-22T02:56:32","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T06:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2015-12-22T12:24:06","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T16:24:06","slug":"2197","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=2197","title":{"rendered":"12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Day 9: Win a pizza pack from industry pro Tony Gemignani including his cookbook, The Pizza Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Pizza Bible by Tony Gemignani<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s Day 9 of Santa Cruz Restaurant Examiner\/Santa Cruz Foodie\u2019s \u201c12 Days of Christmas Giveaway.\u201d See end of article for how to win a \u201cpro pizza pack\u201d from pizza guru Tony Gemignani of San Francisco restaurant Tony’s Pizza Napoletana<\/a>. Still have a couple holiday gifts left to buy for some foodie friends or family? Keep reading!<\/p>\n

The Pizza Bible: Got any aspiring pizza chefs on your holiday gift list? When Ten Speed Press published this book by chef Tony Gemignani last October, Eater National called it \u201cone of the most anticipated cookbooks of Fall 2014.\u201d The book is a comprehensive guide to pizza making, with more than 75 recipes covering nine regional styles including classics like Neapolitan, Roman, Chicago, and what some call \u201cpizza sub-specialties\u201d like St. Louis and Californian. Recipes include New Jersey tomato pie, organic three cheese, fig\/almond\/Monterey jack, calzone with meatballs or spinach, pepperoni and sausage, and Calabrese \u201cdiavola.\u201d The Pizza Bible has been described as a \u201ccomplete master class in making delicious, perfect, pizzeria-style pizza at home\u2026 (including) the ins and outs of starters, making dough, assembly, toppings, and baking, how to rig your home oven to make pizza like the pros, and all the tips and tricks that elevate home pizza-making into a craft.\u201d Gemignani is an 11-time world pizza champion and he owns 13 restaurants across Northern California and Las Vegas including Tony’s Pizza Napoletana, Slice House at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Pizza Rock in Sacramento and Las Vegas, Tony’s of North Beach, and Slice House by Tony Gemignani in Rohnert Park. He is also proprietor of the International School of Pizza in San Francisco where he certifies chefs from around the world in various styles of pizza.<\/p>\n

More pizza cookbooks<\/strong>: Other books that might pique a pizza-lover\u2019s interest include \u201cFlour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza\u201d by acclaimed Portland baker Ken Forkish (of Ken’s Artisan Bakery<\/a> and Ken’s Artisan Pizza) and \u201cPizza on the Grill: 100+ Feisty Fire-Roasted Recipes for Pizza & More\u201d by Elizabeth Karmel and Bob Blumer. \u201cFlour Water Salt Yeast,\u201d the #1 best seller from Amazon.com\u2019s \u201cPizza Baking\u201d category, features a tutorial on baker\u2019s percentages, advice for manipulating ingredients ratios to create custom dough, tips for adapting bread baking schedules to fit your day-to-day life, and recipes such as sweet potato and pear pizza and golden beets and duck breast \u201cprosciutto\u201d pizza. Pizza on the Grill includes recipes like Kung Pao cashew chicken pizza, pulled pork pizza, and blistered corn, asparagus, and pesto pizza.<\/p>\n

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\nNOW FOR THE CONTEST:<\/strong>
\nOne reader will win \u201cTony\u2019s Pro-Pizza Pack,\u201d graciously donated by chef\/author Tony Gemignani himself. It includes a copy of Tony\u2019s cookbook \u201cThe Pizza Bible,\u201d a pack of his custom blend California artisan pizza flour, and an Italian professional pizza peel.<\/p>\n

To enter, email your name to tfatemi@gmail.com by 9 pm. Tuesday, Dec. 22 and include the word \u201cpizza.\u201d The drawing will take place the next morning and the winner will be notified via email.<\/p>\n

Employees of Examiner.com are not eligible for the promotion.<\/p>\n

Good luck and happy holidays!<\/p>\n

Follow me on Twitter @santacruzfoodie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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