With my horrible track record of working with yeast, I never thought I would own a 302 page reference guide to baking bread. Well, in just 3 to 5 days, I'll be the proud owner of Peter Reinhart's The Bread Baker's Apprentice. I tried out his fabulous, ultra-slow rise pizza dough recipe from 101 Cookbooks […]
I would say B and I make pizza almost weekly. We both love pizza so much that it is definitely on our short list of foods we could eat daily – Cold pizza for breakfast, a crispy grilled pizza for lunch and a nice, hearty deep dish for dinner. The endless topping, cheese and sauce […]
Broccolini, Morel & Campari Tomato Pizzetta In a bad mood? Frustrated? Angry? Take out all your aggression on some pizza dough. You can punch the crap out of it. Squeeze it as hard as you can… and it'll take it and then reward you. I came home from work yesterday in a complete funk. I […]
Every year before everyone makes their trek home for the holidays, the friends and I usually have a dinner/gift exchange. This year I had the itch to cook and had a few fun ideas that I wanted to try so, here's the recap. Meyer Lemon & Goat Cheese Pizza For our appetizer, I made a […]
There will always be a special place in my heart for asparagus. I am afterall a valley girl, central valley that is. I was lucky to grow up in a very agricultural part of California, where the freshest fruits and vegetable are readily available. Our most notable vegetable being Asparagus. Come on… they have an […]