Swinging by Sonoma County last month at the end of a 14-city book tour, master baker Peter Reinhart was besieged by a bevy of ''bread head'' groupies. First, the owners at Amy's Kitchen -- a ...

In his new book "Pizza Quest," Peter Reinhart describes his spiritual obsession with what he calls "the ultimate comfort food." Now we turn to pizza and a man who went in search of the best pie. PETER ...

Peter Reinhart teaches bread baking at the prestigious Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte, North Carolina, but in his spare time, he’s a self-proclaimed “pizza freak.” The Philadelphia native got ...

Peter Reinhart has taught baking for more than 30 years and written a dozen books, including three on pizza, but he still hasn’t mastered pizza. “We always say, ‘The quest never ends,’” Reinhart said ...

Peter Reinhart loves pizza. Who doesn't? But he also loves the study of pizza, as if it's in some delicious lab. Thank goodness for the rest of us that Reinhart is a fanatic. He's done all the ...

Peter Reinhart is a baker unafraid of reinvention and challenging the norms of his field. His career — now chronicled over the course of nine cookbooks — shows him repeatedly asking “Why not?” about ...

“It’s 2:15 -- is anybody still mixing?” Peter Reinhart calls out above the general din of the bakery classroom. Five teams of freshmen are at work this afternoon on three different breads each -- ...

Peter Reinhart, master baker and James Beard-award winning author of the new book Pizza Quest: My Never-Ending Search For the Perfect Pizza. Peter Reinhart is standing in an uptown food hall in ...

Peter Reinhart is standing in an uptown food hall in Charlotte, N.C., beaming. The master baker and spiritual force in the world of cheese pies is in his element. He's about to munch on one of his ...