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Park City Live Presents Kaskade at Snowfest427 Main St. Each night, chart-topping artists will take the stage for intimate performances. EDM pioneer Kaskade kicks off the festival. 

Los Angeles may never need pizza to be a signal boost for its neighborhoods like in other cities, but as more and more transplants arrive in the city and toss their Gray Lady–tinted glasses, communities will continue to look for common denominators to build bridges across cultures and experiences. In a still-developing pizza culture like L.A., that starts from the top down. Most of the recent pizzerias in the city are offshoots from successful chefs and restaurant groups, and if there is a pizza trend that feels specific to L.A., it’s the prevalence of horizontal expansion. Heavy hitters like Silverton (Triple Beam Pizza), Samson (Superfine Pizza), and even the Sprinkles Cupcake empire (Pizzana) have all built new pizzerias in the past year.

By establishing proper procedures, employees can be quickly trained to operate a wood-fired oven. Photo courtesy Smokin’ Oak Wood-Fired Pizza.

As I expanded my empire, my success instilled an ego that blinded me from what I wanted to achieve as a pizzamaker. I wanted to grow and bake pies that were truly exceptional. Fifteen years ago, I began researching artisanal ingredients — how they were grown, packed, and shipped. It was an education that took me around the world, from South America, to Europe, and California. The passion of the produce growers that I met was absolutely infectious, and their consideration extends past their farms and into the restaurants they serve. I delved even deeper into this whole learning process, familiarizing myself with different ovens, like the brick dome hearths used in Mootz, and styles of pizza, like the Romana, which entails being baked at 900 degrees Fahrenheit, and the Napolitano, made out of wet dough. This experience eventually led me to compete in international culinary competitions, like the World Pizza Championships, the Naples Cup, and the Euro Pizza Cup, a few of which I was fortunate enough to win. From there, I appeared on Food Network’s Chopped as a judge countless times, as well as morning segments on PBS, the Today Show, and Good Morning America.

FZ: Electric deck ovens are easy to operate and have precise temperature and cooking controls that allow the user to set the temperature of the baking chamber and floor and top heating elements. They’re efficient and versatile, allowing users to cook other dishes and more styles of pizza. Operators can also add more decks. They lack the visual appeal of fired ovens, though.

With that experience under their belts, they returned to Denver to open Fired Up, a wood-fired food establishment near the Denver Art Museum which became popular with Denver’s sports celebrities and politicians.

It wasn’t a good year for some Tulsa institutions. We lost bakeries, buffets and more than a couple of notable retail stores. Here’s hoping for a better 2019 for some of our small businesses, as well as national anchors. 

Nikolas cuts the cake to mark the KTS-Stihl 50th anniversary. Seen are Henry (fourth left), Vincent (third left), Ling (second left) Stephen (left) and Selena (right). – Photos by Muhammad Rais Sanusi

The issues revolving around societal aging has spurred the growth and development of geriatric Assistive Devices (AD), which include wheelchairs and supportive instruments for the elderly. While these address the critical matters of aging and emphasize the enhancement of physical aids, nominal attention has been given to the psychological aspects.

Empowered by HKTDC’s initiatives, SPTD will strive to continually upgrade and reinvent itself in its strive to improve the public’s perception of transportation for the physically-challenged through MoBiLET, a revolution on wheels.          

A malodorant, as they call it, or stink bomb in the vernacular, can be used for clearing terrain. The smell is so vile—trust me—that it will be effective for throwing into a room you want to clear, rather than shooting people. [Laughs] They used them in Vietnam to clear Vietcong tunnels, and they’re relatively cheap in terms of taxpayer dollars. You basically just mix up some chemicals. The delivery system is sometimes a little tricky because, if they leak, you are going to have a lot of really unhappy people. 

president and operations officer, Smokin’ Oak Wood-Fired Pizza, based in St. Petersburg, FL, with a location in Ames, IA