The VPA Pizza Post

The Top 5 Ooni Pizza Ovens for Home Use in 2026
The Top 5 Ooni Pizza Ovens for Home Use in 2026
If you’re a pizza lover looking to elevate your homemade pies, investing in the best pizza oven for home use can make all the difference. Among the many options available,... Read more...
Stromboli & Calzone: The Ultimate Crowd-Pleaser for Any Party 🍕
Stromboli & Calzone: The Ultimate Crowd-Pleaser for Any Party 🍕
If you’ve ever stressed about what food to bring to a party — or what to serve when you’re hosting — there’s one answer that almost never fails: Stromboli and... Read more...
VPA Teams Up With LloydPans: A New Partnership Built for Better Pan Pizza
VPA Teams Up With LloydPans: A New Partnership Built for Better Pan Pizza
At Virtual Pizza Academy (VPA), we’re obsessed with one thing: helping you make better pizza—at home, in your backyard oven, or in a professional kitchen. And today we’ve got a... Read more...
YouTube Pizza Advice Is Free… But It’s Not Always the Best Way to Learn
YouTube Pizza Advice Is Free… But It’s Not Always the Best Way to Learn
Let’s get this out of the way: YouTube and Facebook groups are AWESOME. If you’ve ever searched “best pizza dough recipe”, watched a 14-minute tutorial at 1.5x speed, and then... Read more...
Detroit Style Pizza Isn’t a Fad — It’s a Staple (And It Belongs in Your Repertoire)
Detroit Style Pizza Isn’t a Fad — It’s a Staple (And It Belongs in Your Repertoire)
Detroit Style Pizza isn’t going anywhere — and neither is the demand for properly executed frico-crusted slices. The problem? Most people still don’t make it correctly. Virtual Pizza Academy teaches... Read more...
Recipe: Detroit Style General Tso Pizza (Inspired by Spare Time Pizza – Dallas, PA)
Recipe: Detroit Style General Tso Pizza (Inspired by Spare Time Pizza – Dallas, PA)
This Detroit Style General Tso Pizza is inspired by the uber-popular Pan Fried Sicilian version made at Spare Time Pizza inside Back Mountain Bowl in Dallas, PA. I made a... Read more...
Pan Fried Sicilian Pizza: A NEPA Style That Demands Proper Education
Pan Fried Sicilian Pizza: A NEPA Style That Demands Proper Education
Pan Fried Sicilian Pizza is one of the most misunderstood square pizza styles in circulation today. It’s often mislabeled, oversimplified, or grouped together with other rectangular pizzas that share the... Read more...
Jim Mirabelli Named to PMQ Cover Stars Council: Leadership in Pizza Education and Industry Insight
Jim Mirabelli Named to PMQ Cover Stars Council: Leadership in Pizza Education and Industry Insight
At Virtual Pizza Academy, our mission has always been clear: deliver real-world pizza education grounded in current industry experience. That’s why we’re proud to share that Jim Mirabelli, Co-Founder of Virtual... Read more...
Virtual Pizza Academy is Re-defining the On-Line Culinary Learning Experience
Virtual Pizza Academy is Re-defining the On-Line Culinary Learning Experience
This Isn’t Your Typical Zoom Pizza Class If you’ve ever signed up for an online cooking class and thought, “Is this it?” — grainy video, poor audio, awkward camera angles,... Read more...
The Pizza Peel Mistake Everyone Makes (And How to Avoid It)
The Pizza Peel Mistake Everyone Makes (And How to Avoid It)
Making pizza at home is a rewarding experience, but there’s one simple tool that often trips up even the most enthusiastic home pizza makers: the pizza peel. If you’ve ever struggled... Read more...
🎁 The Ultimate Holiday Gift: A Pizza-Making Experience from Virtual Pizza Academy
🎁 The Ultimate Holiday Gift: A Pizza-Making Experience from Virtual Pizza Academy
The holidays are officially here—and so is the annual scramble to find a gift that feels meaningful, memorable, and actually useful. While the world is full of scented candles, sweaters, and... Read more...
🎁 Why Gifting a Cooking Experience Is Trending This Holiday Season
🎁 Why Gifting a Cooking Experience Is Trending This Holiday Season
Every holiday season brings a familiar challenge: finding a gift that feels meaningful, memorable, and personal. This year, there’s a clear shift happening. Instead of more stuff, people are choosing... Read more...