james23289Apr 93 minTwo years later, my first blog since COVID beganAs you all know, it's been a very long time, a very strange time for all of us. Two years since my father passed, two years I've been...
james23289May 12, 20204 minThis year catering has been ’86’d from the menu…Tuesday May 12th, 2020. Day 57 (I think) of the COVID-19 Shelter in Place. I’m taking the afternoon to write an update on how our...
james23289Dec 22, 20171 minOur commentary on Oakland First Fridays, from SF GateChaos around Oakland’s First Fridays
james23289Dec 22, 20171 minFood Rush with Ryan Scott, Oakland’s Food sceneHey there, check this out, that time we got on the TV! Good fun with chef Ryan Scott! Food-Rush/episodes/Oaklands-Food-Scene
james23289Dec 22, 20171 minFoie Gras and Funnel Cakes, 10 questions with Fist of FlourFood Artisan Interviews: 10 Questions for James Whitehead, Fist of Flour Pizza
james23289Dec 22, 20171 minSomething a little more recent, Eater’s Essential East Bay Pizzerias!We made the list. there’s a few other noteworthy spots on here, and we’re proud to be included here:https://sf.eater.com/maps/best-pizza-...
james23289Dec 22, 20171 minOakland’s Newest Food truck!Check out one of our first articles from Oakland North, posted April 7, 2011: Fist of Flour: Oakland’s newest food truck
james23289Dec 22, 20171 minGrand opening of the Doughjo January 2014Here’s a little blurb from Eater SF from when we were about to open in 2014! https://sf.eater.com/2014/1/14/6297287/fist-of-flour-pizza-t...
james23289Dec 21, 20171 minWe have a new website, and its a work in progress!Hi Everyone. We’re getting ready for 2018 here at Fist of Flour. We’ve been working with a local design firm, Design Action Collective to...
james23289Mar 8, 20176 minOvens, small business, and being up against the wallAfter reading my last post from September 2015, I find it funny to be starting out the blog about ovens again. Here we are over a year...
james23289Mar 8, 20173 minIt’s been a long time, hello, internet. The blog returns…hi everyone, let me just say I apologize for not hittin the keys for the last 10+ months. I can’t believe my last blog post was september...
james23289Sep 8, 20143 minSome weeks are tougher than others…Hi folks, as the title would indicate we had a rough week here at the Doughjo headquarters, and we also had a Great week here! I tell ya,...
james23289Jul 29, 20143 minRecap: Six months open and Summer’s well under wayI feel like I have a lot to talk about this week. I figured its time to sit down and pen this digital paper and catch everyone up on...
james23289May 19, 20143 minTraining camp is over, and so is this weekend! The catering season beginsSunday May 18th, 10:48 pm. The weekend of 6 gigs plus 6 days of Doughjo service is officially over for the staff at Fist of Flour. From...
james23289May 7, 20142 minBusiness, and the cost of doing businessThere are two rivers running through the small business world, and they are creating a bit of whirlpool in my pockets. In one pocket, the...
james23289Mar 26, 20145 minEast Bay Express: When Food Trucks Move IndoorsEast Bay mobile-food entrepreneurs adapt to life inside four walls. By Luke Tsai @theluketsai in the East Bay Express In January, just...
james23289Mar 6, 20143 minWhy did I ever decide to do this? the truck life was so much simplerIf you’re a regular reader of my blog, you’ll know pretty much the whole story, every gritty detail, every bit of cornmeal stuck up under...
james23289Feb 22, 20144 minSome days at the Doughjo are so interesting you just gotta blog about ’emAs the title implies, yesterday, February 20th, 2014 was no ordinary day at the new headquarters for operations. The day started out much...
james23289Jan 24, 20143 minFist of Flour Doughjo is OPEN! Reflections on the past six open daysJust in case you’ve missed it, we have officially opened the door to the Doughjo for limited dinner service, weekly from 5-9pm...
james23289Jan 20, 20142 minOakland Local: Fist o’ Flour Pizza Company sets up shop in the Laurel DistrictThe Fist o’ Flour Pizza Company has become one of those local darlings whose success makes us all sentimental and fuzzy feeling down in...