Our family loves pizza. We’ve made homemade pizza a bunch of times, but usually the weakest link is the crust. We’ve found a keeper!!! This is a Giada de Laurentiis recipe published in Bon Appetit magazine. The great thing about making pizza at home is that you can completely customize and use your imagination! FYI: [...]
Archive for February, 2007
Homemade Pizza
Published by February 25th, 2007 in 4 Stars, Bon Appetit, Giadia de Laurentiis, Italian and Kid Approved. 2 CommentsFrench Onion Soup and Green Salad
Published by February 18th, 2007 in 4 Stars, Entertaining, Family Recipe, One Pot, Salad, Soups and Chilis and Vegetarian. 0 CommentsWe made French Onion Soup from Joy of Cooking. This is an excellent version. It takes quite a while to cook–2 hours from start to finish, but it’s well worth it. The onions slow cook for a long time that they develop a deep, rich flavor. We accompanied the soup with a green salad, and [...]
Chocolate Tasting Notes: Santander, Perugina
Published by February 7th, 2007 in Chocolate. 0 CommentsIn my continuing research on chocolate, I like to taste and score various chocolate bars. For scoring I used my “three Ts” — taste, texture, and toppings. Taste refers to both the overall taste of the chocolate and, if there are toppings, the chocolate part of the flavor. That’s why a bar can get a [...]
Chicken Kebabs and Spinach Pie
Published by February 6th, 2007 in 5 Stars, Entertaining, Grill, Middle Eastern and Poultry. 1 CommentSuper Bowl Sunday proved to be a Mediterranean feast day. We had chicken kebabs, spinach pie, grilled zucchini and rice. It turned out fantastic! The kebab recipe is from A Taste of Persia, and the spinach pie recipe is from The New Book of Middle Eastern Food. Chicken Kebabs Chicken: 4 boneless chicken breasts cut [...]
