Just in case you need another reason to make a pizza. Negotiations go better over food!
Pizza can make everything go better! (Fans know this already.)
Jean Chatzky was on the Today show, talking about a Babson College business study. The researchers found that both sides come out with a more profitable deal if they work over lunch, or dinner.
Pizza was her first thought, too. Her example: Have pizza when you need to negotiate with your spouse.
My pizza dough was ready to go, by the time I heard this.
Then I tracked down a report on the Babson study. that said, “…eating while deciding important matters offers profitable, measurable benefits through mutually productive discussions.”
The report didn’t say what they ate. But, I have to wonder, will Macy’s and JCP have pizza with Martha?
Meanwhile, my pizza crust is rising in a bowl on the kitchen counter. It’s warm indoors, and cold outside. When I turn on the oven, it will do double duty. Give us extra heat and bake us a pizza for lunch.
More Pizza On My Mind
I’ve been thinking about grilling pizza, when more of the snow melts. My pizza stone is ready for that, too. I’ve been looking at how other grillers assemble their pie, and what ingredients they use.
There are lots of examples where pizza makers use no sauce, just fresh tomatoes, cheese, and a few other toppings.
I love my favorite sauce so much, I’ll be experimenting with using it, just less of it, to balance the factors. I want the pizza to slide easily off the peel. Cornmeal helps, but if it’s too heavy with toppings, that could defeat the purpose.
Even so, I don’t want to leave off the sauce. It tastes so good, it won’t be pizza without my sauce.
That means experiments are to come! We’ll enjoy eating and rating the results.
Eating pizza needs no reason. What’s for lunch, or dinner, at your house?
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