The Ultimate Carb Machine

Published on Monday, May 18, 2009, by James Norton / Edit Post

What’s new? What’s great? What’s weird? Our columnist samples offerings from supermarket aisles and fast-food menus.

The Ultimate Carb Machine

Domino’s Bread Bowl Pasta

By: Domino’s
I Paid: $4.99 to $6.99
(prices may vary by region)

Taste: 2stars

Marketing: 3stars


James Norton edits the Upper Midwestern food journal Heavy Table. He's also the coauthor of a book on Wisconsin's master cheesemakers. For his Supertaster column, he samples offerings from supermarket aisles and fast-food menus. You can follow him on Twitter and fan him on Facebook. His wife, Becca Dilley, takes the photographs for Supertaster. She specializes in weddings and food photography, and is the coauthor of and photographer for the book on Wisconsin's master cheesemakers.

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  • Thanks for this vid. I thought I was the only one who thought pasta in a bread bowl was a weird idea. It's like "What, no mashed potatoes on top?" :)

    I must say, I am quite impressed with a lot of the people who comment on this site. On most other sites, people seem to think carbs are a good thing, and they run screaming in terror from things like butter and bacon fat.

  • In the video, that's really lame "dipping", sort of completely uncoordinated.

    You need to assess what you are dipping into, and figure out how to get the meaningful content of the bowl to cling to the dipping piece, whether it's the bulldozer technique, the dueling bulldozer technique, the frontloader, etc. Dipping FAIL.

  • DrBruin you're most likely have a host file that is preventing the advertisement that comes before the video to play.

  • DrBruin,

    The latest version of Flash--Adobe Flash 10--is relatively new and if you don't have the latest plug-in, could possibly cause viewing troubles for you. Your computer should prompt you to download the update, though, and this problem would extend to all videos. If only some of the videos aren't playing, then it sounds more like a changing connection issue--is that a possibility?

    Thanks,...+READ

    DrBruin,

    The latest version of Flash--Adobe Flash 10--is relatively new and if you don't have the latest plug-in, could possibly cause viewing troubles for you. Your computer should prompt you to download the update, though, and this problem would extend to all videos. If only some of the videos aren't playing, then it sounds more like a changing connection issue--is that a possibility?

    Thanks, Meredith-COLLAPSE

  • Meredith of CHOW,

    I have verizon fios and the most up to date firefox app and I can't get some of the newer videos to play.

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  • Hi DrBruin,

    The video is, indeed there but for some reason the player takes a second or two (or longer depending on your internet connection) to show up. Give it a second, and it should appear!

    Let me know if you have ongoing troubles getting the player to appear,

    Meredith of CHOW

  • Why is this video no longer available? Did Domino's sue?

  • OMG, just take it and slap it directly on your thighs or belly -- 'cause that's exactly where it's going. Like we NEED more artery-clogging meal choices! There's a reason I don't order from Domino's, and stupid menu choices like this are one of them.

    No wonder Italians from Italy think we're nuts ...

  • Since domino's pizza is the worst out there, I'm not really surprised by this review. Dessert pizzas are a completely different, delicious thing.

  • When I saw the commercials all I could think was carbomb.

  • Dessert pizzas are good. Though an oreo one...bleh. But yeah, the pizzookie is indeed awesome. So's that bavarian cream one at Cici's. But this bread bowl pasta...just *looks* bad. I mean, I don't even have to try it to know it stinks (and not just cause the supertaster did!). The cheese in one solid mass on top? I'd rather have a frozen pasta tv dinner than this mess. And that would probably be...+READ

    Dessert pizzas are good. Though an oreo one...bleh. But yeah, the pizzookie is indeed awesome. So's that bavarian cream one at Cici's. But this bread bowl pasta...just *looks* bad. I mean, I don't even have to try it to know it stinks (and not just cause the supertaster did!). The cheese in one solid mass on top? I'd rather have a frozen pasta tv dinner than this mess. And that would probably be cheaper, too!-COLLAPSE

  • Don't hate on the cookie pizza. THAT is genius my friend.

    The best and the brightest are laid out before us...

  • The pizza cookie or pizzookie at a chain called BJ's makes a lot of money.

  • Who in their product marketing thought this was a good idea?

    Oh, right, the same one who thought the dessert cookie pizza was a good idea.