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self proclaimed pizza experts liza and gary scout out the best pizza in washington d c this blog is no longer active thanks for stopping by sunday march 25 2012 the red zebra eastern market and other farmer s market locations eastern market is a favorite weekend destination for gary molly and me we will head down in almost any weather and our go to food spot is crepes at the market molly loves to go see the crepe man her favorite is strawberry banana and nutella but this of course is a pizza blog not a crepe blog there are lots of food vendors at easte rn market but we were pleasantly surprised to see a new vendor in the last few months the red zebra red zebra offers seasonal creative fare in a mobile wood fired oven food trucks are all the rage now and mobile pizza kitchens are not new but wood fired pizza on a truck i was intrigued i decided to forgo my beloved crepe man for a day and give red zebra a try red zebra prides themselves on using fresh local ingredients they have a 3 4 pizzas on the menu each week i opted surprise surprise for a tomato basil and mozzarella pie they are personal size and perfect for one person at 8 i thought the price was reasonable for a so called upscale pizza the pizza was served hot out of the oven as you can see the crust was nicely done with a bit of char it held up well with a minimum of droop the ingredients were indeed fresh and tasty the sauce was tangy and seemed to improve with each bite i was frankly quite surprised at how good this pizza tasted i wasn t expecting upscale pizza from a sidewalk pizza oven but red zebra exceeded my expectations we ll definitely be back on one of our weekend eastern market journeys liza s rating 3 5 stars posted by liza and gary at 9 08 am 2 comments labels crepe man eastern market mobile pizza kitchen upscale pizza sunday january 15 2012 restaurant spotlight matchbox hello pizza aficionados sorry we have been a bit awol on the blog this weekend we will try to catch up with all the pizza we have been eating the last couple of months this post is long overdue a few months back we met with bart nadherny the pizzaiolo at matchbox we have previously reviewed the matchbox in chinatown as well as the one on barrack s row but this was not a day for reviewing it was a day for chatting about pizza and learning about some of the behind the scenes of the pizza biz a pizzaiolo is simply a person who makes pizza in a pizzeria but if you re the pizzaiolo for three large restaurants there s one in rockville too this is a pretty big job it seems like a new pizza restaurant is popping up in dc every other day and neapolitan pies are all the rage while matchbox has a wood burning oven similar to what s used for neapolitan pizza their pizza has some distinct differences first the sauce matchbox uses california tomatoes rather than the san marzanos that you ll find at many other area pizza places why simple enough reason they prefer the taste also the sauce has a zesty taste to it that is different than most pies you ll find in dc bart describes their pizza as closer to a chicago thin crust rather than a neopolitan while the crust of a neapolitan pie is soft in the center gary s dreaded droop factor a chicago thin crust is more crispy throughout one thing that any restaurant strives for is consistency in their product how does matchbox get their crust to have the same taste and texture day after day bart gave us some insight to how this is accomplished first the pizza board each day the chefs measure the air temperature the flour temperature and the friction temperature meaning the heat added by motion of the mixer by then plugging these numbers into a formula they can figure out what temperature the water needs to be in order to keep the temperature of the dough consistent for each batch this is important so the dough tastes and reacts the same way in the oven for each pizza next the wood burning oven the oven is kept at a temperature of about 700 degrees those pizzas cook fast the result delicious pizza our current fave the vegetable pizza which includes crispy potatoes on top delish matchbox has become one of our favorite capitol hill pizza spots stay tuned for a new post posted by liza and gary at 2 38 pm no comments labels capitol hill matchbox pizza board pizzaiolo tuesday november 8 2011 tonight s dinner eggplant pizza i had groceries delivered from peapod this weekend and while peapod is pretty much the best invention ever sometimes you get things that aren t quite what you wanted like the teeny tiny little eggplant they brought me so my plan for eggplant wraps was scuttled but the eggplant was the perfect size for pizza topping behold doesn t that look delicious it was quite simple to make i made the sauce from scratch over the weekend using a recipe from smitten kitchen yum i sliced and tossed the eggplant with olive oil and roasted them in a 450 degree oven for 20 minutes to assemble the pizza spread the sauce on the crust add some slices of fresh mozzarella the roasted eggplant and some dried basil cook on the oven rack for 12 minutes at 400 degrees and voila dinner is served the crust is the italian herb flavor from bova bakery in kalamazoo michigan you can order this flavor and many others online posted by liza at 9 38 pm no comments labels bova bakery eggplant pizza recipe i heart peapod yes there really is a kalamazoo monday october 31 2011 citi pizza h street ne washington dc never order pizza on halloween that s today s lesson from your favorite pizza blog liza and i took lil molly to eastern market for hill oween fun for capitol hill families to congregate with their little goblins superheroes princesses and football players molly was a cute little ladybug thanks to grandma for the costume it was appropriate because molly loves watching sesame street s ladybugs picnic at the end she always shouts out 12 for dinner liza and i planned to get pizza from seventh hill but were alarmed to see that it was closed turns out it s not open on monday boo so we went home and ordered take out a large pizza with mushrooms and spinach from citi pizza a joint on h street ne not too far from our home we ve ordered there before so we knew we were probably not getting 4 star fare still we expect the best when we eat pizza standards people citi pizza claimed they would have the pizza delivered in a half hour but 30 minutes passed and still no pizza one hour passed and still no pizza meantime we had to keep our lights on outside our house so that the delivery man could see our address the result was that our house attracted dozens of trick or treaters but we were out of candy ninety minutes after ordering our pizza finally arrived the delivery man said he was slowed due to so many trick or treaters out on the streets as they say on espn c mon man i m not buying that excuse and neither is liza our pizza was lukewarm when we opened it unfortunately boo citi pizza s offering is rubbery but it manages to keep together no droop even with two toppings the mushroom and spinach toppings were generous enough but they could have put on a little more sauce in any event the pizza was so rubbery that it just seemed to slide down your throat so much for enjoying the flavor maybe that s for the best though the spinach topping was strangely overpowering and dominated every bite liza didn t like it at all she actually removed the pieces of spinach and ate her slices without them the crust wasn t anything special and there were quite a few air pockets to chew through simply put citi pizza is serviceable quality it is not order it only if you re in a pinch and you ve completely sworn off chains such as domino s and papa john s and let s hope citi pizza s delivery drivers are more timely on non holidays gary s rating 1 5 stars liza s rating 1 5 stars molly s rating dreaming of ladybugs picnic posted by liza and gary at 9 25 pm no comments labels boo c mon man citi pizza halloween hill oween ladybugs picnic overpowering spinach trick or treaters are everywhere monday october 17 2011 pizzeria paradiso is turning 20 pizzeria paradiso is a dc pizza institution they ve been serving up traditional wood fired pies since their opening day in dupont circle on november 8 1991 in honor of their 20th birthday pizzeria paradiso will be celebrating with a week long celebration of 20 something events specials and contests november 7 13 2011 monday november 7 20 take out get one large and one small pizza for 20 on take out orders only tuesday november 8 20 th anniversary beer glass giveaway one complimentary beer glass with beer purchase wednesday november 9 20 all you can eat pizza beer 2 drink max thursday november 10 20 small special pizza paired with an anniversary beer friday november 11 20 for your first beer saturday november 12 20 topping dine in only 3 toppings max sunday november 13 20 free pizzas family kids day 1 4pm kids can participate in a make your own pizza demonstration with chef ruth gresser first 20 kid s pizzas are free old town location only for more information visit www eatyourpizza com posted by liza at 10 17 pm no comments labels dupont circle georgetown happy birthday to you old town alexandria pizzeria paradiso monday august 8 2011 graffiato penn quarter gary and i are big top chef fans in fact we pepper our conversations with top chef isms all the time like if someone delivers some bad news it s accompanied by the top chef your dish was terrible sad sound weeeeeeeeaaaaaooooooooooow we might also tell each other to pack your knives and go after a less than successful meal but since we re typically in our own kitchen it would seem unnecessarily harsh anyway since we re fans we couldn t pass up a chance to go to graffiato mike isabella s new restaurant in penn quarter that opened this summer i thought we might go there to celebrate our wedding anniversary but dang it s not easy getting a reservation there a lot of buzz surrounding this place since we were heading off on vacation i put in a reservation for three weeks later and had no trouble reserving our preferred time we went early since we had molly in tow now despite this new study that suggests that what a mother eats while the child is in the womb may influence her food preferences molly is not a pizza fan i don t understand it frankly how can anyone not like pizza but we didn t have a sitter this night so to the pizza restaurant she went as we walked in we saw the man himself mike isabella he glanced in our direction then went about on his business really didn t he realize that the city s maybe even the world s most influential pizza bloggers were in the house hmmmpf well i nevah we were led to an upstairs table where we could see into the open kitchen and the hostess got us a high chair for molly ok can i go on a side rant here when we got the high chair the clasp on the strap was broken i swear 90 of the time we use a restaurant high chair the clasp is broken do people not understand how to snap these things is there some major design flaw there or is some rogue child hater going restaurant to restaurant systematically destroying high chairs so as to never again to have to listen to a screaming toddler while trying to enjoy a meal graffiato was open for like a month at this point and the strap is already broken what s up with that all right back to the blog we were assisted with our food selection by our cheerful server and i am talking seriously happy gary even commented what would a bad day look like for her lots of dc restaurants have servers that are too cool for school but not here really the sweetest girl ever and she liked molly so bonus points for her we decided on a carrot salad a pulled mozzarella appetizer and the classic pizza make note pizza fans the classic does not come with cheese that s a bit of a head scratcher to me but whatevs we ordered it with mozzarella as an add on you ve gotta have cheese the pizza menu is not huge but any restaurant with a choppin broccoli pizza gets my kudos one thing i will say for graffiato they are fast this is actually preferable when dining with a toddler but may be a bit disconcerting for the average patron our cheese dish delicious was out in a flash the salad meh followed soon after but that s not why we were here of course what about the pizza the classic was decent sized about 12 and cut into 6 slices the crust was nice and firm no droop which got the big thumbs up from gary however the crust had a lot of flour on it giving it almost a chalky taste i had flour on my hands after eating it which is a no no in my book the cheese had a nice fresh flavor the best part of the pizza by far was the sauce it was made of roasted cherry tomatoes and had a rich flavor and a little bit of a spicy kick from the garlic i have to say maybe the best sauce i ve had in dc and different that what you ll find at most pizza places a tip for dessert i had read something on twitter about the zeppoles which are little bits of fried doughnutty goodness at graffiato not seeing them on the dessert menu i asked my server about them she nearly clapped her hands in delight saying that we knew about the secret off menu item we ordered them and they were delicious so the secret is out pizza blog fans ask for the zeppoles you won t be disappointed as our meal came to a close molly started blowing kisses and waving bye bye to the packed dining room the kid is a ham i m telling you maybe because her parents are so famous so in summary loved the sauce on the pizza but the floury crust brings our grade down a bit liza and gary s rating 3 0 stars molly s rating i m stubborn so i ate mac n cheese from home tweet posted by liza and gary at 10 35 am no comments labels faulty high chair straps graffiato penn quarter side rant top chef wednesday june 22 2011 calling all pizza restaurants help support our local community garden gary molly and i have had a great time tending our plot in our community garden civic minded pizzaiolos here s a chance to support a group that promotes organic locally grown food the green seed community garden in capitol hill is throwing a beer tasting pizza chomping local food and community supporting bash in the north hall of eastern market on friday october 14 note date change guests will experience firsthand the region s exploding craft brewery scene and nosh on pizza from capitol hill s finest restaurants all while supporting a unique community garden in a former alley wasteland dc has 3 new breweries joining another dozen already brewing in the greater metropolitan area add that to the burgeoning pizza and restaurant scene on capitol hill and you have a beer and food mecca for those looking to taste and compare this diverse arsenal of brews and pies this is the event of the year pizza restaurants we d love to have you join the event it s a wonderful way to both promote your business and support a great cause if you d like more information 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