Television Feasts

I am a home cook who backyard gardens and has a serious closet addiction to the Food Network. I envision visiting the world in my own kitchen.

From Julia to Giada, I am a bi-product of the quirky world of anything food television. At age 10 I wanted to lunch with Julia; at 12 I thought sitting at Graham Kerr's table would be bliss; in college I was a diligent voyeur student of Jeff Smith's; and as a newlywed I envisioned myself being Martha. Then the sky opened up and violin music played in the background when I discovered an entire family of food shows on the blossoming food network. Twenty years later I am still a home chef with a backyard garden, yet in my head I am a trained chef who has eaten her way around the world, tasted all things exotic, competed in many challenges, judged the best of the best, and have a circle of friends which includes Emeril, Bobby, Rachael and more. I like to learn and challenge myself simply for the pleasure of all things food. I am a student of the University of Food Network and my textbooks, exams and extra-curricular activities all stem from channel 39.


Sunday, September 28, 2014

Pizza Experience

I am a few days behind in my posts.  That seems like the norm this month!  Yes, I have some great recipes to share, no, I haven't had the time to post them.  I do however, want to share a very fun, food with friends night last night.  Friends of ours recently built an outdoor pizza oven.  They had a kick off party to fire it up for the first time.  The guys manning the oven kindly tolerated my many questions on the ins and outs of building it, the process, etc. -HEY, I occasionally was required to hand them a spatula or hold the thermometer, so I was not totally useless!  I won't bore you with all of the details regarding the double layer of brick and the necessary layer of sand between them, or other tech specs on the oven itself.  I will tell you that a wood burning fire at 500+ degrees is amazing to see.  The liquid heat is mesmerizing.  Our hosts let me jump in and help with the food preparation in the spirit of my blog.  They had prepared dough ready and rolled out, a generous array of toppings, sauces, corn meal on hand for placing under the dough on the paddle, and, of course, plenty of cold beverages and other spirits to enhance the evenings fun!  The traditional combo of peppers, mushrooms, pepperoni and cheese was heightened by the smoky charred crust of cooking in the wood oven.  I shied away from the combo that included a generous helping of jalapenos!  The bbq chicken was a big hit.  Delicious, describes the combination of green peppers, pineapple and ham.  Drumroll~~~~the winner of the night-onion, pear, Gorgonzola, walnuts, olive oil and balsamic vinegar, oh my, best description, memorable!
Here are a sequence of photos to show you a great pizza experience that I am delighted to add to my food history of 2014.
I am thinking along with M & M Mondays (now MM & G Mondays!) and Junk Food Fridays, I need to add to the line up next year Fun, Food and Friends night!

Toppings on hand:
tomato sauce
bbq sauce
Pepperoni
Green peppers
onion
mushrooms
artichokes
pineapple
ham
chicken
mozzarella
Parmesan
feta
Gorgonzola
Brussel sprouts
jalapenos
pear
balsamic
olive oil
and forgive me if I am forgetting a few!







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