Sharing Your Passion for Homemade Pizza, Bread and Pasta
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Dessert after Easter Sunday dinner was always special for us because of the Italian specialties that we only had at Easter time. But some traditions fade as the years, and our older relatives that had more knowledge of the old world, pass on. For the younger generations, holidays become more American over time, and sometimes [...]
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Working with a wood fired oven, you can easily get it over 900°F. Slide the pizza in, a minute and a half later, you can slide out a perfectly done, thin crust, Neapolitan masterpiece.
If you’re stuck with a conventional oven that tops out at 500-550°F, you might think you can’t come close to a wood [...]
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Dad (Gary) made a whole wheat loaf the other day. He and Mom were pretty pleased with it. Very moist and delicious. I think they managed to polish the whole thing off between the two of them in little more than a day.
On baking it a second time, he modified the recipe slightly and [...]
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This is a simple recipe from A16: Food + Wine. I will paraphrase it here.
One 28 oz can of San Marzano tomatoes
1-2 teaspoons kosher salt
Pour the can of tomatoes into a bowl and break the whole tomatoes apart into
small pieces with your hands. Do not use a food processor as it will mix too
much air into [...]
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