It's always interesting to hear about someone who's as passionate about food as Chris Bianco, owner of Pizza Bianco here in Phoenix. His pizza has been voted "Best in America", and this article is truly inspiring:
His hands are on every pizza that slides onto his tables. The menu offers just six pizzas, three salads and two appetizers. He grows his own herbs, designed his own oven, even painted some of the canvases on his walls. He starts work at 7 a.m., and stops around midnight. He hasn't called in sick/bored/in San Diego in four years. When he wants a vacation, as he does every August, the restaurant closes. He won't eat caramels, because he feels that the candy is in charge, and not him.
Great article about a true perfectionist, check it out.
Have you eaten one of these yourself? If so, what kind did you get???
I haven't been there yet, Julie, but I'm dying to go. I make a pretty fair pizza myself, but this is the real deal.
All I can say is wow. That is true commitment there.