Smoked Chicken, Caramelized Pear and Camembert Pizza

So whenever I visit the parents for the weekend, my mom always tries to pawn off her groceries on me. Like I’m a just-out-of-the-nest, starving college student or something. Never mind that I’m in my 30′s and fully able to grocery shop for myself. On a recent visit, I arrived back at my condo toting [...]

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Homemade pizza – Ruhlman made me do it

Speaking like we are best buddies or something. Sadly for me, we do not run in the same circle. Shoot, I’m not sure I run in any circle. Anyway… Michael Ruhlman declared this week National Homemade Pizza week or something of the sort. While I don’t think his declaration carries as much credence (sorry! I [...]

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Alsatian Pizza

Pantry Raid makes: Alsatian Pizza (aka Flammekueche) influenced by Suzanne Goin.

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What I’m reading now…

Food Books  The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry by Kathleen Flinn I actually rather enjoyed this story of woman in her mid-30′s, recently fired from her office job, on a quest to “find herself” by enrolling in Le Cordon Bleu cooking school for a year. What did she have to lose? So even [...]

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