It’s so easy to fall victim to hyperbole when blogging about food, so I want to be careful to say this accurately: I think this may have been the best pizza I’ve ever made.
Ever.
There, I think that says it about right. It was the best, and that from a guy who has made some pretty [...]
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Buona Lisa Pizza
Posted in Food, Pizza, tagged Pizza on November 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Pecorino with Lamb and Leek Pizza
Posted in Food, Meat, Pizza, tagged Lamb, Pizza on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t tell the kids, but it appears I have a thing for lamb. Every now and then I have a craving for the delicously rich flavor of lamb, and this pizza from Food & Wine magazine certainly satisfied my need. Thankfully, ground lamb is becoming readily available at better grocery stores!
I did have a little [...]
Pork Stew with Butternut Squash
Posted in Food, Pork, Soup, tagged Pork, Soup, Squash on October 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This was the perfect meal for a cool autumn afternoon. We awoke to a light dusting of snow on the ground (October 10th!), and I spent a good part of the early afternoon splitting and stacking firewood. Afterward, I could smell this wonderful stew, well, stewing. On a day like this comfort food is the [...]
Chicken, Red Grape and Pesto Pizza
Posted in Food, Pizza, Poultry, tagged Pizza, Poultry on September 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Grapes and pesto on a pizza? We’ve enjoyed some interesting flavors on our pizzas over the years, but I’m not sure that red grapes and pesto were ever among the choices. Maybe that’s why we thought we had to give this recipe a try when we found it in the September 2009 issue of Cooking [...]
White Pizza with Arugula
Posted in Food, Pizza, tagged Pizza on April 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We lean toward pizza in our lists of favorite foods, but because of the incredible variety of possible flavors I really don’t mind. This recipe, from Ina Garten of the Food Network, is a case in point. The photos were terrific, but I don’t think they adequately prepared us for the different levels of flavor [...]
Grilled Pork with Arugula and Grape Salad
Posted in Food, Meat, Pork, tagged Pork on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You’ve gotta try this when you want to serve a play on the traditional ham dinner. Admittedly it’s not ham at all, but pork chops were close enough for us, and the results were fantastic!
Our family was on its own for Easter this year, as various outside events caused our usual larger family gathering to be [...]
Grilled Corned Beef and Fontina Sandwich
Posted in Food, Meat, tagged Beef, Sandwich on March 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Talk about your savory dishes! This is our favorite variation on the classic Reuben sandwich, and it was brought to us by our friends at Bon Appetit Magazine. We’ve enjoyed this amazingly tasty sandwich for St. Patrick’s Day several years in a row, and it is holding on as one of our favorites. We’ve tried [...]
Irish Bread Pudding with Caramel Whiskey Sauce
Posted in Bread, Dessert, Entertaining, Food, tagged Bread, Dessert on March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Do you stay true to your holiday traditions? In our house, our St. Patrick’s Day tradition is Irish Bread Pudding with Whiskey Caramel Sauce. We might play with the menu somewhat, a new variation on a corned beef reuben, perhaps an alternative like salmon. But never the dessert. For years now, I’m thinking seven, we’ve made [...]
Toscano Salame and Red Onion Pizza
Posted in Food, tagged Pizza on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This pizza is one of our all-time favorites, with a thin layer of mouth-watering toscano salame whose pungent flavor is sharpened to a fine point when roasted in a 425 degree oven. We first experimented with this meat on our pizzas shortly after an impromptu stop at one of our favorite Italian markets, Buon Giorno Market [...]
