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The Pizza Gourmet Really Delivers!
Forget the phone numbers of your favorite pizza delivery shop, pizza has broken out of its traditional boundaries, never to be contained again! Chef Carl Oshinsky revolutionizes pizza as he prepares an assortment of delicious pizza and pasta dishes on 26 new episodes of The Pizza Gourmet.
Pizza, no longer a food strictly relegated to the dinner table, has begun appearing regularly as a dessert and breakfast food. And, as for the ever-traditional tomato, it’s one for the history book. Today’s new and improved pizza-sometime call California- style or upscale pizza—takes the tomato sauce off and puts everything else on.
Chef Carl demonstrates his culinary talents with variety of pizza in each—from
Tex-Mex pizza to Spicy Thai Chicken pizza with Peanut Sauce. Beyond the distinctive, delicious topping what makes The Pizza Gourmet so extraordinary is that the series really delivers. Chef Carl shows viewers, step-by-step, how to bring pizza into their home in a very intimate way—from their own oven instead of a cardboard box.
Thanks to Chef Carl’s easy-to-follow recipes and explanations, budding pizza chef will quickly become skillful at cooking mouth-watering meal that pit fast-food to shame. Join Chef Carl Oshinsky for a new perspective on an old favorite on The Pizza Gourmet.
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