Written Recipes

  Eggs   The first time I had egg on a pizza was at a little French Creperie in Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.  My family was visiting me while I was working up there, and we took a weekend trip over to the island.  One morning we went to this little place I read about known for having a good cappuccino.  When I saw that there was a…Read More…

  A Second Transformation – How do you reheat your pizza? One morning recently I woke up thinking of making my second favorite pizza: Left-Over Pizza.  I often eat these babies cold, right out of the fridge — there’s just something I really like about a cold slice of pizza.  This is a great grab and go breakfast, washed down by a hot cup of coffee as I drive to…Read More…

I remember standing in line late one night, or rather early one morning on New Years Eve, down in Hermosa Beach at one of our favorite local NY Style Pizza by the slice establishments called Paisanos.  I always used to joke with my wife and friends when one of the owners would call out to someone “Hey Paisano!”  I would say, “I thought I was Paisano!”  When they showed up…Read More…

Sometimes you just want comfort food.  This pizza is comfortable and comforting.  This is a pizza that will warm the cockles of your heart.  There isn’t much fanciness about it.  This version isn’t what we’d call artisan, or pushing the limits of artisanship anywhere.  It’s just good.  It’s just sauce, cheese and salami.  You can, of course, make this fancier.  You can go down to the deli, or your fancy…Read More…

I remember standing in line late one night, or rather early one morning, on a New Years Eve down in Hermosa Beach at one of our favorite local NY Style Pizza slice specialists called Paisanos.  I always used to joke with my wife and friends when one of the owners would call out to someone “Hey Paisano!”  I would say, “I thought I was Paisano!”  When they showed up a…Read More…

I was recently working back in NYC.  I had a number of pizza adventures on this short trip, which I started writing about a few weeks ago, and this pizza recipe is from one of the more interesting visits, which I haven’t written about.  I was staying with my good friend Holly, who is like a sister to me.  I grew up next door to her family, where her twin…Read More…

My Left-overs journey continues with my Cheese Steak Sandwich theme:  I had also grilled up some sausages the previous night, which were sitting in the same container with my Tri-Tip.  Now, nobody would want the sausage to feel left out, would they?  Would you?  As I mentioned, I was using a can of Simply Red Tomatoes that I was given by Rob DiNapoli.  My first pizza, a Tri-Tip based Cheese…Read More…

My in-laws were down one weekend recently.  I had decided to make some pizzas for them.  They were all sitting at the table playing a fierce game of Attack Uno.  I figured it was safer for me to give them all some space as the family battle unfolded.  This may seem to be an ordinary game, but my family, is not ordinary.  This can get serious.  We had grilled up…Read More…

If you know me, you know I love Tri-Tip or Santa Maria steak and, chances are, you’ve probably had it a few dozen times off of my grill.  The Tri-Tip cut is mainly a West Coast thing.  It’s certainly my thing. As I understand, it used to be a cut of meat that was mainly used to be ground up for hamburger, or used for stew meat.  One day back…Read More…

When I make a few pizzas, the one I often end up liking the best was the one that wasn’t planned so much, but just sort of came together.  This pizza may have been born because I was in a store and something caught my eye.  I might have come across a new pile of chili peppers.  I might have sampled 5 or 6 salted pork products and found something…Read More…