The flour companies can thank me later. You're welcome, Signore Caputo.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Pizza Home Improvement
The flour companies can thank me later. You're welcome, Signore Caputo.
Labels:
flour,
home improvement
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Send Forza Pizza to NYC!
Labels:
Cavit Wine,
facebook,
new york
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Opening Day 2012: All Work No Play
Sometimes you gotta work on your game before you can entertain. Which is why this Opening Day I chose not to invite the usual panel of eaters and focus on the pizza. I understand it's anti-social but recipe development often gets lost in a pizza party. I don't like trying new things when I got critics in the yard, and there were a couple variables at play. I used a different dough recipe, a mixer for the first time, and had my entire work station set up outside.
The new recipe kicked out a nice hole structure and using a mixer definitely produced a smoother dough. Note to any soon-to-be husband: let your future wife register for the Kitchenaid mixer...forget the CrockPot. Not only did it help the recipe, but it kept the kitchen clean too. Mixing by hand is a mess!
Would-be eaters, I'm not trying to rub it in, but I made 14 pizzas for only five people. There were a lot of leftovers. Don't worry though, you're the ones who reap the benefits of these study sessions.
The new recipe kicked out a nice hole structure and using a mixer definitely produced a smoother dough. Note to any soon-to-be husband: let your future wife register for the Kitchenaid mixer...forget the CrockPot. Not only did it help the recipe, but it kept the kitchen clean too. Mixing by hand is a mess!
Would-be eaters, I'm not trying to rub it in, but I made 14 pizzas for only five people. There were a lot of leftovers. Don't worry though, you're the ones who reap the benefits of these study sessions.
| Check out the cross-section of the rapini and grape pizza. |
| Queen Margherita |
| Bianca - Mozz, Ricotta, Olive Oil, Basil |
Labels:
fire-up,
opening day
Offseason 2011-2012
Put away the square pans and forget about the piddly 500 degree indoor ovens, the offseason is over. This past Saturday we were outside working with fire for the first time since August 20th, 2011. That's 232 long, cold, and pale days. Keeping me sane were the four or five indoor oven experiments, some better than others. Like the New Year's Day sfincione (below) that was far and beyond the results of this experiment. Take a peek at some of the offseason highlights and then click through to view the whole album.
| New Year's Day Sfincione |
| Offseason Booty Shot |
| "Catered" Pizzas for my Mother-In-Law's Bday Party |
| An Offseason Square |
Labels:
hibernation,
Indoor Oven,
offseason
Saturday, March 31, 2012
I'm Forza, You're Fugezi
Yes, I am one of those people that say I'm from Chicago but live in the suburbs. "I can throw a rock to Chicago!!" So, in order to keep up with city action, I subscribe to things like UrbanDaddy. It's one of my urban informants, and if you follow along, you would've seen today's news. A pizzeria opened up in Lincoln Park called FORZA! I don't know about trademarks, patents, copyrights, and all that* but I know that I'm the real Forza Pizza! Don't get it twisted.
*Anyone who does know about trademarks, patents, copyrights and all that let's take care of this!...Kidding.
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