On this episode of Pizza Quest, we meet Meghan Murphy-Gill, aka The Reverend Meghan Murphy-Gill, an Episcopal priest who also happens to be a serious baker of bread and, most importantly, a fabulous writer who has authored a new book, The Sacred Life of Bread. The subtitle of her book is "Uncovering the Mystery of an Ordinary Loaf."  As we continue our back and forth exploration between "pizza" and "the quest," you can see why this book and its author are of great interest to Pizza Quest. Join us as Peter and Rev. Meghan discuss the many layers of meaning in a simple loaf of bread. You may never again look at your sandwich -- or your pizza crust -- the same, after listening to this episode.

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Daniele Uditi is a pizza rock star, establishing his uniquely personal Neapolitan pizza technique (along with his signature Cacio e' Pepe pizza) at Pizzana, his destination Los Angeles restaurant (with more locations popping up around the country, as you will hear). Daniele is also the head judge for the popular Hulu competition show, Best in Dough. He shares his journey and all the Pizzana news with Peter on this new episode of Pizza Quest, recorded at the recent International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas.

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In this episode, we continue to expand the scope of Pizza Quest to include a focus more on the quest than on the pizza.

Bread is the big umbrella in Peter's own quest, of which pizza is a delightful sub-set. Lately, more and more authors have added their own words and thoughts to the multi-dimensional levels of meaning embodied by bread. Kendall Vanderslice (oh what a perfect name) is one of them.

A theologian based in Durham, NC, Kendall shares with us here her own complex journey, as well as her reflections on bread as an iconic window into better understanding hunger, longing, and the goodness of God.

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Michael Goldfarb is an accomplished journalist and political author, and one of Peter's oldest and best friends. Michael has produced several award winning documentaries on NPR and the BBC, and published books on the Iraq War (Ahmad's War, Ahmad's Peace) as well as the 1,000 year old modern Jewish Diaspora (Emancipation). More recently, he started a podcast called FRDH, where he examines current events through his unique journalistic lens from his ex-pat home base in London, England.

After interviewing Peter on NPR, things have come full circle; Peter now interviews Michael on Pizza Quest. Hear all about Michael's amazing journey as he and Peter catch up with each other, yet again, in this new and special episode of Pizza Quest.

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Steve Dolinsky is a legendary, multi-James Beard Award winning broadcast journalist who is also Mr. Chicago when it comes to food (especially pizza). Steve joins us from the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas, along with Pizza Quest’s longtime “Pizza Yodi,” Brian Spangler of Apizza Scholls, and Justin DeLeon, owner of Apollonia's Pizzeria in Los Angeles (whose Detroit-style “Crown Pizza” provides the cover shot for Peter’s recent book, “Pizza Quest, “My Never-Ending Search for the Perfect Pizza”). Together, they discuss the upcoming LA Pizza Festival and all sorts of other things that pizza freaks love to obsess over.

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As you know, we've been putting a lot more emphasis on the "Quest" aspect of Pizza Quest these days and this episode is a great example.

In 1971, I was a founding member of a restaurant collective in Boston called Root One Cafe, one of the early organic food restaurants in the country. One of our members was a young student from Antioch College, Steven Shore, who had decided to do his work-study internship at our cafe, and so he lived with us for a number of months back in 1972. He and I became good friends and stayed in touch over the years. We last connected after he contacted me from Israel, where he had moved to become a rabbi and was working on a book about his journey.

Join us as Steven, now Rabbi Shmaria Shore, and I catch up and fill in the blanks of his long and winding quest for self-discovery and a meaningful life. As you read this, at this very moment, Shmaria and our mutual friend and fellow Rooter, Alan Cahn and I are planning a 50th anniversary Zoom reunion in May for anyone who worked at Root One.  So, if you are one of them, or know anyone else who was there, please write to me at [email protected] and I'll send you the details.

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At the 2022 Northeast Pizza Expo held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Peter sat down with Pizza Quest favorite, Scott Wiener, the founder of Scott's Pizza Tours in New York City and the driving force behind the philanthropic movement, Slice Out Hunger. Scott's knowledge of pizza is encyclopedic and insightful, as you will hear during this far-ranging conversation about all things pizza.

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In addition to hosting Pizza Quest, Peter Reinhart is also the Executive Director of the Johnson & Wales University International Symposium on Bread where, for a number of years, he has hosted many of the world's foremost thought leaders on the subject, who gather to explore the future of bread. In this presentation, delivered at the 2022 Artisan Bread Expo in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Peter provides an overview, to a live audience, on the key takeaways from the most recent International Symposium on Bread, including his predictions of upcoming trends and products, not only regarding bread, but also its implications for pizza.

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Join Peter at the Northeast Pizza, Pasta, and Baking Expo as he spends time with Traci Rennaker, President and CEO of Lloyd Pans. Lloyd Pans is the leading manufacturer of every kind of pizza pan known to mankind, whether square, deep, long and thin, round, perforated, Sicilian or Detroit-style -- you name it, they make it. You'll learn more than everything you need to know about pans in this fun and engaging episode.

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Listen in as Rachel Wyman, Bryan Ford, and Serhan Ayhan, three rising stars in the baking and pizza community, swap stories of their unique journeys finding their distinctive voices in this big, yet small world.

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