{"id":1066,"date":"2012-02-12T10:47:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T20:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2012-02-12T10:47:27","modified_gmt":"2012-02-12T20:47:27","slug":"new-insight-on-the-25000-pizza-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/new-insight-on-the-25000-pizza-recipe","title":{"rendered":"New Insight on the $25,000 Pizza Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Our friend Gail won $25,000 from the <strong>Food Network, <\/strong>with her special pizza recipe. I have written about it before. I started thinking&#8230;sure the $25,000 pizza recipe was important, but in the Big picture of life, there is a more important lesson to be learned.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Here&#8217;s the story:<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>This is a true pizza story with a happy ending. An amazing pizza story!<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Our friend Gail, decided to enter her pizza in a contest sponsored by the Food Network.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>But let me give you a little background first.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Originally from Connecticut, Gail now lives in Tennessee.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Gail is a long time supporter of <strong><a title=\"Pizza Therapy is all about pizza\" href=\"http:\/\/pizzatherapy.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pizza Therapy<\/a><\/strong> and she is like a member of the family.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>A few years back, we had a pizza contest at\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Pizza Therapy is all about pizza\" href=\"http:\/\/pizzatherapy.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pizza Therapy<\/a><\/strong> and she won top prize.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>It is a great recipe. The key ingredient, according to Gail, was the water. New Haven water.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The same water used by <strong><a title=\"Pepe's Pizza\" href=\"http:\/\/pizzatherapy.com\/pepe's.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Pepe&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a title=\"Sally's Apizza\" href=\"http:\/\/pizzatherapy.com\/sally's.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Sally&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a title=\"Best Pizza in Connecticut from Pizza Therapy\" href=\"http:\/\/pizzatherapy.com\/bestpizzainconnecticut.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Modern Apizza<\/a><\/strong>. These pizzerias are legendary pizzerias in <strong>New Haven<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Gail was tired of the pizza in Tennessee and created her own pizza recipes. And whenever she traveled up to New Haven, she would return with a suitcase full of water.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>She decided her pizza was good enough to enter in a Pizza Showdown on the Food Network.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>She was right. Out of 10,000 hungry applicants: she made the finals&#8230;<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Wait, there&#8217;s more!<\/div>\n<div>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/div>\n<div>Shameless ad for our newest product:<\/div>\n<div>Digital products, secret tutorials, priceless e-books, software at your finger tips.<\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/pizzatherapy.com\/store\" target=\"_blank\">The Pizza Therapy Digital Store<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/pizzatherapy.com\/store\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pizzatherapy.com\/store<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Hundreds of hand picked digital gems. All new. All digital. Open 24 hours a day. 7 days a week!<\/div>\n<div>This site created, sponsored, and maintained by Pizza Therapy!<\/div>\n<div><a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/pizzatherapy.com\/store\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pizzatherapy.com\/store<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>End of ad&#8230;.On with the show!<\/div>\n<div>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The kicker is that during the filming of her Food Network pizza show, she traveled to New Haven, and went to Sally&#8217;s Apizza. She immediately went into the ladies room and filled a bottle of water. She used the water to make her award winning pizza!<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>(OK first she asked Flo Consiglio if it was OK. Flo said yes!)<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>And she won first prize. She won $25,000 for hep pizza recipe! Plus other prizes.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>I recorded a great interview with Gail describing, how she entered the contest and how she was able to win.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>You can listen to the entire interview (and download it if you wish) at this link:<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/the-25000-pizza-recipe-interview\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/the-25000-pizza-recipe-interview<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>If you wish, you can also listen at Pizza Therapy at this link:<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/pizzatherapy.com\/audios\/25000-pizza.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pizzatherapy.com\/audios\/25000-pizza.htm<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>I know you are going to love this interview. It is a great pizza tale full of adventure and as I said, a happy ending.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>But here is the real nugget of gold from Gail&#8217;s story: we all have it in us to succeed at whatever we do.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>We need to have faith and believe in ourselves. That is the real point to this interview! <\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>For Gail it was a pizza recipe, for you it is whatever your dreams and hopes are.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>So dream big my friends! I know you will accomplish whatever it is you set out to do!<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>I know all of your dreams and hopes will come true.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>And Gail&#8217;s dream started out with a simple pizza recipe. She believed and she won.Big time.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">So not only dream, but dream BIG!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Follow your dreams, follow your heart, follow your beliefs.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>And never, ever, never, give up! Keep the faith, Yo!<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Have passion, then take action.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>I want to wish you all the best.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Enjoy this interview. Here are the links again:<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>You can listen to the entire interview (and download it if you wish) at this link:<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/the-25000-pizza-recipe-interview\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/the-25000-pizza-recipe-interview<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>If you wish, you can also listen at Pizza Therapy at this link:<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/pizzatherapy.com\/audios\/25000-pizza.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pizzatherapy.com\/audios\/25000-pizza.htm<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>I wish you the best in all that you do!<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>pizza on earth, good will to all,<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>albert<\/div>\n<div>The Pizza Promoter<\/div>\n<div>Pizza Therapy<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>P.S. 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