Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers

Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers

Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers is proud to announce their newest addition to the Mellow Mushroom collection in Phoenix CityNorth. This Mellow is located at 5350 E. High Street, on the corner of High and 54th Street.

Owners Jay and Diana Beskind are thrilled to open this location in the Phoenix CityNorth market. Mellow Mushroom has had an incredible reception from our guests in Happy Valley and were looking forward to expanding our presence in the North Phoenix area. The unique restaurant design and menu will offer an unforgettable experience to locals and tourists alike.

Whether guests are looking for craft pizza or delicious salads made only with the highest quality of ingredients, Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers offers something for everyone. The menu features a variety of unique pizzas, hoagies, salads, calzones and appetizers. The wide variety of options offered to guests also includes vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and kid-friendly selections.

Roto-Flex Ovens Going Green with their Commercial Pizza Ovens

Roto-Flex ovens announces its Commercial Pizza Ovens are more energy efficient than ever before.

Roto-Flex ovens are designed with several important innovations that keep the heat inside the oven, where it belongs.

The interior is lit with two 250 watt halogen bulbs, you can view your masterpiece without opening doors.The air curtain across the doors keeps heat inside the oven and maintains temperature with the doors down.

Fast and efficient recovery preheats to 500 degrees F in less than 30 minutes. Six inch thick, high density, 1000 degree insulation keeps the heat inside the oven. The exterior and kitchen remain cool and comfortable. A top and bottom heat baffle help distribute heat evenly across the decks resulting in less energy per pizza and better profits.

Gas fired system pushes out a maximum 320,000 BTU/Hr utilizing natural gas and propane.


The Electrical system is 120 Volts 60 Hertz, Single Phase, 20 Amps.

Keeping the heat inside the oven will help to reduce your energy bills.Commercial deck ovens radiate heat and they try to keep up by burning more gas. The Roto-Flex oven is insulated so that less gas is consumed to keep it warm. Professional conveyor ovens use 220 volt electric and gas and can have very high energy bills because they are open and have to keep churning out the heat. For a restaurant that is doing 1000 pizzas a week youre looking at about a $ 500 gas bill. For a pizzeria producing 2500 pizzas a week youre looking at $ 1000 bill. To get that volume using a traditional commercial grade deck oven youd have to have two or three deck ovens and your energy bill could potentially be around $ 2500. The Roto-Flex oven truly does give you the ability to cook like a deck oven but produce like a conveyor.

About Roto-Flex Ovens

Roto-Flex Oven Co. is the pioneer of the "Rotating Deck Oven" combining the best qualities of deck, conveyer and wood burning ovens.

Over 16 years of research and design have been invested in the Roto-Flex oven. The Roto-Flex oven not only serves as an innovation in pizza oven design, but also gives a higher quality cook to your other menu creations. Learn more about Roto-Flex Ovens by visiting http://www.rotoflexoven.com.

Sustainable Comfort: Green, Off-the-Grid Earthship

Sustainable Comfort: Green, Off-the-Grid Earthship

Earth Day officially comes but once a year but at Monte Kochs Montana home, the spirit of Earth Day is generated 24/7/365. North of Big Timber, on 64 acres of pristine land, Koch is putting the finishing touches on his dream dwelling. His dream, however, was to live in a spacious, comfortable home that was off the power grid.

Originally, he was planning a log home. Then wildfires in his area and the viewing of a documentary film entitled Garbage Warrior about sustainable living biotect Michael Reynolds inspired Koch to take his homebuilding idea in a new direction. I can honestly say that film changed my life, says Koch.

Koch shifted his sights to the Earthship

DeCicco Family Markets' Food Festival

DeCicco Family Markets' Food Festival to Celebrate Best in Local Fare on June

DeCicco Family Markets, the family-owned gourmet market known for its selection of meats, seafood and grocery, as well as a vast quantity of cheeses and beers from around the world, is hosting an all-day Food Festival on Saturday, June 2 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the parking lot of the company's Brewster store located at 50 Independent Way.

The event will include over 50 vendors of produce, grocery, dairy products, frozen goods, meats, cheese and beers from local farms, breweries, and locations in Orange, Putnam and Westchester counties. Local vendors and merchants from nearby Connecticut and Pennsylvania, as well as upstate New York, will conduct demonstrations throughout the day. Farmers, bakers, cheese makers, brewers and other exhibitors will provide samples and information at various tasting tables set up around the property and in-store.

The DeCicco culinary team, senior management and buyers have been visiting local farms, manufacturers and distribution facilities to ensure the freshness and quality of the products to be displayed. Some of the vendors include 3 Dogs Bakery of Briarcliff Manor; Boars Head of the Brooklyn; Captain Lawrence Brewery of Elmsford; Ciao Bella of Floram Park, NJ; Connecticut Shellfish Company of Branford, Conn.; Freebird Chicken of Fredericksburg, Penn.; Hudson Valley Harvest of New Paltz; Simply Greek Yogurt of Little Falls, NY; and Stonewall Kitchens of York, Maine.

In addition to all of these wide array of local vendors, kids will enjoy face painting, arts and crafts, games and more.

"In keeping with our mission statement, we are responding directly to customer feedback and suggestion by sourcing great food that is grown, raised or produced locally and that is close to our homes," said John DeCicco, Jr. We anticipate a great turn out for the Food Festival and look forward to making it an annual tradition for local families.

The DeCicco Family Markets Brewster location represents their largest store at 40,000 square feet. The store features in-house coffee roasting, on-site bakery, brick oven pizza, an in-store bar with beer, and sushi.

Visit a DeCicco Family Market nearest you: 21 Center Street, Ardsley; 50 Independent Way, Brewster; 505 New Rochelle Road, Chester Heights; 1 Cross River Plaza, Cross River; 3651 Lee Road, Jefferson Valley; 180 S. Main Street, New City; 43 Fifth Avenue, Pelham; and 58 East Parkway, Scarsdale.

About DeCicco Family Markets

DeCicco Family Markets was founded in 1972 by John, Joe and Frank DeCicco. It began as a small storefront in the Bronx, offering a choice of high quality food to its growing array of customers. For over 30 years, DeCicco Family Markets has a proud history of bringing the largest selection of high quality food available to customers with a friendly, personal touch. It is this simple but unwavering mentality that has enabled the company to expand throughout Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties. The family operates eight stores in the following locations: Ardsley, Brewster, Chester Heights, Cross River, Jefferson Valley, New City, Pelham and Scarsdale. The company is also involved in a number of civic and community-related events, regularly working with schools, Little Leagues, churches and Chambers of Commerce groups.

The Stone Bake Oven Company Creates How To Videos for the Perfect Pizza

The Stone Bake Oven Company Creates How To Videos for the Perfect Pizza

The Stone Bake Oven Company, providers of bespoke indoor and outdoor wood burning pizza ovens, are recommending their customers visit the Stone Bake Oven Company website to look at various how-to recipe videos to help them fully utilize cooking with their stone bake oven.


Each video is presented by owner of the Stone Bake Oven Company, Tom Gozney. In the videos, Tom presents a step-by-step guide through the recipe hes providing and shows the viewer how best to prepare the designated meal with their stone bake oven.


Given the nature of the ovens, one of the more popular videos is for pizza recipes. Prosciutto pizza with fresh basil and buffalo mozzarella is a particular favourite among viewers. The video illustrates how the pizza is quick and easy to make, thereby making it suitable for anyone, no matter what culinary skill level they may have.


However, as well as pizza recipes, The Stone Bake Oven Company also provides a number of other videos, including wood smoked cranberry glazed gammon and wood roasted lobster. In the future, the company will add further videos to provide fans and customers with a number of different recipes for their stone bake oven.


 Tom Gozney, owner of The Stone Bake Oven Company, said: We hope each video will provide our customers and fans with the means to make delicious meals with their stone bake oven. We also hope that with these videos the Stone Bake Oven Company website will become a hub for food lovers to visit and find great recipes to help them get the most out of their stone bake oven.


The Stone Bake Oven Company currently offer two different styles of stone bake oven to suit the style and needs of the customer the Primo Oven, and the Rocca Oven Series and the Bespoke range.

How To Cook a Thin Crust Dough Pizza

How To Cook a Thin Crust Dough Pizza

• 1 envelope dry yeast
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 3/4 cup lukewarm water (105 F)
• Stir yeast and sugar into water, let sit for 8 minutes or so.
• In a bowl (or food processor) mix
• 1 3/4 cups unbleached all−purpose flour or bread flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Add the yeast mixture. If using food processor, continue running until dough forms a ball, 10−20 seconds. By hand, mix with a sturdy spoon until ready to knead. On a floured surface turn out dough. Knead dough for 2 minutes or so. If dough is a little sticky, dust your fingers and counter with flour, (but as little as possible).

Roll out by hand for a 12" pizza. Place in lightly oiled pizza pan using your fingertips to press up to the edge and forming a shallow lip. Sauce, cheese, and top with desired ingredients.

Bake at 500F in pre−heated oven for 8−12 minutes, the edges will turn a nice golden brown when done. Dough will be firm and crispy, not soggy and soft like many other doughs.

Now enjoy your Thin Crust Dough Pizza!