Teresa Boring of Percelli's Pizza in McArthur, Ohio, prepared an entry for a competition at NAPICS. The annual North American Pizza and Ice Cream Show happened in Columbus, February 25-26.

Jake Bertch was a contestant as well. The event was the gourmet pizza component of the North American Pizza Pizzazz competition.

Contestants and volunteers crowded the makeshift kitchen and prep area at NAPICS for the North American Pizza Pizzazz competition.

Allen Ballerini of the Kalva Corp. in Gurnee, Ill., dipped frozen treats into a rainbow of colors.

Meredith Crystal of Fabbri North America, in Maspeth, NY, demonstrated a Carpigiani display cabinet.

Julie Warner talked about Rosina food products, including meatballs and stuffed shells.

Vince Militello, from Cudahy, Wisc., came to talk about Pavone Deli Company products.

Gianni Guglielmetti (left) and Tom Roesner represented Sofo Foods, from Toledo, Ohio.

Matrix Automation brought CRM tools.

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Ken Caswell from Buckeye Food Service, in Columbus, let people sample IttiBitz ice cream products.

Allyson Rosen from Mascari warmed butter to prepare risotto.

Charlene Dupray from South'n France showed some warm chocolate treats.

Exhibitors strolled among the color cups of treats from Oringer Foods. The company sells bases and toppings for ice cream.

Jerry Yoho prepared succulent meat from Southern Pride. We hear it tasted as good as it looked and smelled.

An annual treat at NAPICS are the giant subs from Sofo foods. Preparing this ginormous edition are Eric Ahlfors and Mike Schnapp.

La Nova World Famous Wings brought in outside help to attract attendees to its booth.

Well, at least we know that if you drive your casters off a bridge, they'll still work.

Dave Kraus (left) told a potential all about Bakemax equipment.

Cassano's Fresh Frozen Dough sent one of their best

Bethany Johnson from Upper Midwest Gourmet handed out samples and talked shop. One of her flavors was tantalizingly titled

Jim Ferguson of Grande Cheese Company stood guard while a colleague spun the dough.

Not all business was confined to the show floor. Kendall Stark from Restaurant Equippers in Columbus had calls to keep up with.

A member of the award-winning World Pizza Champions spins the dough.

An attendee makes his way past the entrance to the 2007 NAPICS exhibit space in Columbus, Ohio.

This little guy greeted visitors to the Remagen Foodservice Solutions booth with peppermints.

DiamondTouch brought its POS solutions.

When you stopped by La Preferida, you had a good time.

Stephan Food Processing Technology displayed a giant mixer.

These women from Marzetti doled out sauces, sour cream and specialty products for the crowd to sample.

Raffaele Mascolo showed off freshly made mozzarella at the F&A Dairy Products booth.

Zeke Schaffer came from Mithoff Marketing.

Chef Bruno (left) is the official chef of Marshal & Sons. He and pal Gino Rago of Panino's Cafe & Bar in Chicago enjoyed the aroma of some freshly prepared breadsticks.

Tara, from Revention, a provider of POS solutions, stood ready to answer questions.

Sometimes, you just need to let out some steam. That's what Paul Gerding, from Accu Temp Products, did at NAPICS.