Why go half way? If you are going to make something called mushroom pizza, it better damn well taste like mushrooms. None of this ‘one button mushroom’ crap …
Category Archives: Baking
Building a Pizza Oven: It’s Done
It was like giving birth to a Zebra. But it was worth it. The pizza oven trailer project is complete and has been christened Bola Pizza after our late great dog …
Brand New Favorite
Dear lord this was good. Sweet Mission Figs and Pancetta from Salt and Time. Slap you mom good. The pork fries up in the oven, smoky and crunchy. Then, BAM!, gooey sweet figs…
Building a Pizza Oven: There is No On Button
Cooking with a wood burning oven is harder than it looks. The practice involves all three heating methods. Conductive from the contact the dough makes with the hearth floor …
The Difference Between Three and Eight Minutes
It took eight minutes to cook a pie in my oven. It takes three minutes to cook a pie in the wood burning oven. What a difference five minutes makes. Watching the crust rise in those first few seconds is like watching a miracle. Thin dough, inflating itself. I love it. The higher heat has […]
Building a Pizza Oven: Wrap It Up
Question: How do you keep 900 degree heat from escaping your oven? Answer: Wrap it in caustic fiberglass insulating blankets. Question: How do you keep fiberglass …