Piola, famosi per la pizza

Piola is an Italian pizzeria chain established in 1986 in Treviso, Italy, with branches the world over.



Their menu features astipasti, pizzas, pastas, and Italian desserts. We really enjoyed their Cinghiale & Cipolle pizza, featuring brie and braised wild boar. The boar was sweet, juicy and gamey.






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On Sunday, August 19, at 3PM, Piola will be holding a gnocchi eating contest with the 1st prize being the Birra Morreti Vintage 63 Vespa shown below. Hosted by professional food eater, Furious Pete. Piola will be offering food & drink specials, and they’ll be prizes awarded to audience members as well.

1165 Queen St. West Toronto, Canada M6J1J4 (416) 477-4652 Canadian website

Posted by: Mark Rodas

New Year's Food Resolutions, anyone?

Holy crap - Christmas was very good to our kitchen this year! And with this new gear comes thoughts of what we will do in the new year (New Year's food resolutions, if you will). From the lovely people in our lives who support our addiction for kitchen gadgets, we got:

• an electric "Lazy Susan" warmer which will be AWESOME for parties with our friends to keep food warm. We throw maybe three or so a year but with this puppy I might just be wanting to throw a couple more!
  
  
• a crock pot (the old one I had smelled like an electrical fire waiting to happen - it was my Grandma's). I cannot wait to make a slowcooker recipe my Mom makes with flank steak. Yum!
  
  
• a blender with a spigot - I am in love with the spigot. 2010 will equal smoothie heaven. I can already tell what my favourite thing to make in it will be - I have matcha (green tea) powder and I'll add vanilla soy milk and vanilla frozen yogurt to emulate the Matcha Monsoons at Booster Juice - yum!
  
  
• a pasta machine that I cannot WAIT to get my hands on.
  

My personal first resolution of the new year is to make my own homemade ravioli. I'll have to check with Mark on his, but I think he'll enjoy helping me eat that ravioli! ;)

Got any food resolutions for 2010? Anything you've been dying to make at home? A place you've been dying to eat out at? A food festival you have to make sure you won't miss this year? Please share yours by commenting!

Yours in food,
-Stacey