I promise I am neither pregnant nor a hipster. Though I can see how you might have thought that… I’ve put eggplant on a pizza before. It is one of those ingredients that people give me a hard time for putting on a pizza, but they are just wrong. It can and does work. I’d … More Eggplant Pickle Pizza
Faithful readers know that pizza is one of my favorite foods. It has always been a comfort food. It has family tradition attached to it–every Friday night when I was a kid was pizza and a movie night with my folks. And I get very creative with my pizzas. I have put seafood (including shellfish) … More North-African Lamb “Pizza”
I’m back. Back to grocery stores (returning to normal?). Back to getting myself a “treat” every week (e.g., calabrian chile paste). Back to stress cooking (#tenure?). Back to thinking spicy food is the only spice in my life (life getting in the way of already challenging online dating). Back to comfort food (#pizza). Back to … More Calabrian Chile Pizza
Last summer, I was really rocking and kinda loving online dating. I have a funky candle holder in my dining room. I’d turn a few electric votives on, put on a nice top, and have wine and cheese while talking to someone other than a student or collaborator. Quite a few were “one and done”s. … More Mint and Lamb Pizza
I’ve been struggling lately. Some would say it’s a “first world problem.” Others would say, “Well, it’s natural to struggle right now with the pandemic and the economy and the travel restrictions and [insert actual elements of my personal life] and…” But here’s a big part of why I’m struggling: I don’t feel like I … More Eggplant Pizza
I’m sure some people will read this title and think the recipe sounds “kid-friendly”. But, just so we’re clear, I am not. Recently, a friend of mine posted on Facebook a scathing comment that she would never go to a newly-opened restaurant because of their policy on children. She and those liking her comment were saying the place was … More Peas on a Pizza
What is it that makes a place “home”? For a long time, I thought home was defined by “where my things are”. The things I had collected or had had “forever”. My records. My books. My bed. My childhood room. My dog. And in a lot of ways this is a fine working definition. … More Spanish Pizza
Someone should write (or someone should recommend to me) a book on the history of fusion cuisine specifically as it relates to invasions and colonizations. The classic example (in my mind at least) is banh mi: the culinary love child of Vietnam and France. French bread with Asian vegetables–who wouldn’t love that?! I have a … More Flammkuchen
…because everything is better with bacon. I happened to have a pound of fresh strawberries lying around. And it was a Friday night, which faithful readers know is pizza night in TTENG households. So of course, I had to try strawberries on a pizza. Fruit on a pizza in general is very delicate. It has … More Strawberry Bacon Pizza
In my previous life (i.e., until I was nineteen) I was a competitive classical pianist. For those completely unaware, many piano competitions work as follows: all of western music is divided into time periods. You play a piece from each time period. You’re always guaranteed to have “Baroque”, “Classical”, “Romantic” and “Modern”. Occasionally, you’ll also see … More A Musical Pizza
It is no surprise that I am a foodie; I lived a culinarily sheltered life. Junk and fast food were as highly endorsed in my home as dancing was by the town in Footloose. My mother brags about how she was raked over the coals by other parents when it was discovered that as an eight-year-old I … More Bagel Pizza
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