Reinventing Pizza for 2026

About this episode

The episode unveils the 2026 Recipe of the Year, Flaky Puff Crust Pizza, and discusses its development with the creators.

We’ve officially unveiled our 2026 Recipe of the Year, and we couldn’t be more excited to share it with you. Announcing: Flaky Puff Crust Pizza! In this episode, David and Jessica are joined by two of our Test Kitchen stars and the creators of this exceptional recipe, Sarah Jampel and Molly Marzalek-Kelly. They discuss how and why they landed on pizza as this year’s Recipe of the Year, the biggest challenges of recipe development, and the keys to this recipe’s unique success. (Hint: It ...

People in this episode

Guests: Sarah Jampel, Molly Marzalek-Kelly

Topics covered

• pizza
• recipe development
• cooking techniques

Keywords

• Flaky Puff Crust Pizza
• Recipe of the Year
• Test Kitchen

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Flaky Puff Crust Pizza

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