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Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Why Every Pizza Chain Serves Wings

If This Dessert Pizza Technically Isn't Pizza, Then What Is It?

This Italian restaurant treats you like family

They treat you like family and if the experience is not perfect, they take it personally.

The way you eat pizza can give clues about your personality

The rules for tipping on takeout and delivery — and some other tips, too

Do you still tip 20 percent if you’re bringing your food home? Throw in a little extra for curbside pickup? Here are the etiquette commandments of COVID-era takeout and delivery.

10 Unconventional Pizza Toppings You Have To Try

Homemade pizza doesn't have to be conventional. It’s time to get innovative with your toppings.

Italian organic grower-shipper focuses on natural products

We think agriculture plays an essential role in ensuring the quality of the food we eat as well as a better future for both the environment and humanity. To us, following nature's rhythm and.....

25 Italian Restaurant Words You Need to Know

Start your meal off with some antipasti, followed by linguini vongole and end it with a delicious zabaglione. No idea what these are? Learn the language of the Italian menu.

Got Corn? You Should Be Putting It on Your Pizza

It's the unexpected topping your summer pizza has been missing.

How Italian Cuisine Became as American as Apple Pie

If you’re wondering about how and why food gets appropriated—i.e. when Americans consider it their own—think about this: Eating Italian food was once considered “slumming.” So what does it take for…

6 Things you Didn't Know About Italian Food

6 Things you Didn’t Know About Italian FoodIt is certainly no controversial statement to say that there is a lot to Italian food. It’s got a long history, is created by a creative and eclectic people with roots from all over the continent, and it has been refined for centuries. Everybody knows something about Italian food, it’s history and it’s preparation- after all- no one could reach the age of five without seeing an Italian chef toss pizza dough into the air…

12 Italian Phrases Everyone Should Know How to Use

Enhancing your knowledge of the Italian cultural experience means moving beyond ciao and gelato. Master these terms, and you'll look more worldly in no time.

Italian Plain Leaf Parsley Seeds

Italian cuisine does not exist, and we have the maps to prove it

You can get a pizza even in Pyongyang. But is it Italian?

Greenville: 10 Iconic Eats and Where to Get Them

Get a taste of Greenville’s favorite foods at these 10 establishments.

Is this truly organic?

Prior to coming to Big Fuel as a Content Director, I used to work on social video for two major brands, ESPN and Red Bull Media House. During my time there we used to push our video content online …