“It’s one thing to be influenced and inspired by a food tradition, but it’s another thing to believe that’s the only way to do it. When I was in Italy I loved so many things about it, but I knew the most Italian thing I could do was to use things in my backyard.” That’s Chris Bianco, award-winning chef and grandfather of artisan pizza in America. He joins us to chat about his new book, Bianco, and how he went from making pizza in the back of a Phoenix grocery store in the 1980’s to one of the top pizza chefs in the country. Along the way, he shares how to be inspired as a home cook, cook for your eaters, and craft something truly simple. Hear us chat with one of the greats in American pizza-making.
Chris Bianco
Pizzeria Bianco website | Instagram
Chris Bianco makes pizza with Jimmy Kimmel & Billy Crystal
Buy his cookbook >> Bianco: Pizza, Pasta, and Other Food I Like
Recipes:
Homemade pizza dough (video) | A Couple Cooks
White pizza with pecorino, scallions and egg | A Couple Cooks
Kale & pistachio pizza | A Couple Cooks
Preorder our cookbook >> Pretty Simple Cooking
Pizza tools: Tipo 00 flour | Pizza peel (standard) | Pizza peel (conveyor) | Pizza stone