Behind the Counter

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Illustration of a stack of square pizza boxes with the top box open showing a round pizza, one round box leaning against the stack

09/20/2026 · By Jim Dewitz

Why Are Pizza Boxes Square? The Real Answer

Round pizza, square box. The real answer comes down to flat cardboard sheets, load-bearing corners, and fractions of a cent that round boxes cannot beat.

Illustration of two hands tossing a spinning disc of pizza dough with flour in the air

09/20/2026 · By Jim Dewitz

What Hand-Tossing Actually Does to Pizza Dough

The toss is more than a show. What spinning dough in the air does to gluten and gas, how hand-tossed differs from pan and rolled, and why it takes practice.