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    Every Party is a Pizza Party
    (Our favorite Pizza Dough recipe!)

    Making pizza is one of the great joys of cooking for me. It was one of the first things I learned to make from my mother, who would only make it every once in a great while. This caused my brothers and I to plead for it all the time using birthdays and accomplishments as a justification in hopes of convincing her. Looking back, I’m not sure she was doing anything difficult, but she preferred to make the dough from scratch, and that would end up being a two-day process for someone that worked every day and cooked for her family every night. Plus, with 3 sons and our father, you had to make quite a few pizzas to meet our hungry demands. I certainly understand now why it ended up being such a rare occasion for her. Now that I’m an adult, I end up making homemade pizza quite a few times a year. Nowadays, specifically for cocktail and dinner parties.

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  • Aged Cheddar & Thyme Biscuits

    A couple of years ago, I remember Jane posed a question that we’ve since revisited from time to time for fun, “If you could eat one thing as much as you…

  • Basic No Knead Country White Bread

    [Update on January 26, 2017 – Added info about the Dutch Ovens we use to the recipe below. We typically either use a 4 qt round Staub Cocotte or a 5.75 oval Staub Dutch Oven.…

  • Caramelized Leek & White Bean Toast

    Toast seems to be everywhere these days.  From restaurant menus to Instagram feeds, one can’t escape an image of crusty, toasted bread with an endless variety of toppings from poached eggs…