Ted's Warren Commission- The Great Regina Pizza Debate......Coming Soon

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Local pizza

Hey all,
This is going to be mainly a pizza related post so bear with me.
Anyone who's read this post at all will know my preference for pizza from the prairie provinces of Canada but I also appreciate the regional differences in this particular food. For example, the sauce on pizza from Nova Scotia tends to have spicier sauce due to the Lebanese influence in that part of the country.

To that end, I thought I'd mention a very good local joint in Guelph, Victoria's Pizza.

Here it is:







The sauce is good, it's very fresh and they don't skimp on the cheese.

One of the great things about buying pizza in Central Canada is what I call "slice culture". Simply put, pizza is sold by the slice. For some reason, out west you have to buy a whole pizza most of the time. This is a) more time and calorie commitment and b) a lot more expensive.

Another weird regional difference is that in Ontario and Quebec they putting the toppings on top of the cheese whereas in Saskatchewan they put them under, inside the pizza. Which I guess makes then "middlings" rather than "toppings". No matter.

Also worth mentioning as a great example of "central' pizza is Amelio's which has the added attraction of being run by identical twin brothers who look incredibly like (Montreal born) pianist Paul Bley!


Okay.....quickly some music.


This is a performance of Ari Hoenig at a clinic which I lifted some ideas from that will be in a coming post. Enjoy!

PIZZATRON 2011 Day 1

Hey,

I got to Regina to do some auditions at jazz camp and this is what greeted me.

After crying tears of joy, I got down to business I had a piece of all dressed, ham and pineapple, and even veggie,all were excellent.

Watch out Western, you've got some stiff competition!

Houston, We Have a Problem!

Hello folks,
I wish to report a tragedy in pizza related news. A band recently played in Regina and asked for food recommendations. I suggested the pizza joint of my youth that will remain nameless except for the title of this post and the logo above. The band responded that the quality of said food product was somewhat lacking. Oh the shame! C'mon pizza joint named after a certain large city in Texas, get it together! Or else where will students of Sheldon Williams Collegiate go to skip classes, as I did? (I didn't say that out loud, did I?) Are you going to force me to go to some WESTERN location where I will TRIFON my own feet because there's no room? Or will I feel like I've been hit over the head with a COPPER KETTLE at my friend SAMMY'S place?

Okay Ferg! You've won this round. But this isn't over yet..............