The Wood-Fired Blog
Baguette Shaping with Ciril Hitz
May 20, 2012On YouTube. Baguette shaping from the bulk fermented dough through to finished bread. Everything except how to load a wood-fired oven—they use modern electric bread ovens. The technique is awesome, and I learn a number of things that I am going to be incorporating into my daily baking. Read More
Sculpture Of Stereotypical Italian Chef Proof Of Pizzeria’s High Standard Of Excellence
May 19, 2012You just can’t beat The Onion. Brilliant Headlines. Sculpture Of Stereotypical Italian Chef Proof Of Pizzeria’s High Standard Of Excellence You really should take the time to read the entire article. Funny. Read More
Traditionalists and Innovators Square Off in Naples Pizza Debate
May 19, 2012This from the Guardian in the UK. Naples chefs take sides in the ‘ultra pizza’ wars The opening salvo by the innovator: Enzo Coccia has an evangelical air as he discusses his spring pizza – piled with asparagus, buffalo mozzarella, sheep’s cheese, lard and beans. “They may say I am a heretic, but I just want to experiment,” says the controversial exponent of the Italian trend for what are being... Read More
Free Stuff
May 19, 2012Facebook went public yesterday, and there a couple of things that stood out for me. With a market capitalization of $104B, larger than both Amazon.com, and McDonalds, and 900 million users (a significant percentage of the population of the planet with access to a computer) the company has clearly been an incredible success. As an aside, from an investor’s perspective, the Facebook IPO demonstrates how important it is in today’s... Read More
Keeping It Simple
May 18, 2012I really enjoyed this posting on www.zeldman.com: web design news & information since 1995. THANK YOU for the screen shot. I was actually already aware that the type on my site is big. I designed it that way. And while I’m grateful for your kind desire to help me, I actually do know how the site looks in a browser with default settings on a desktop computer… The first thing... Read More
Innovating the Outdoor Fireplace: Part 3
May 17, 2012I have been writing about ways that Forno Bravo can develop an outdoor fireplace that is both easy to set up and also looks like a real, site-built masonry outdoor fireplace. Here is a graphical view of how these layers might look. Read More
Slightly Over-Proofed Whole Wheat Olive Boule
May 17, 2012My on-going bread experiments are continuing (and are a lot of fun). One thing I am enjoying about my most recent round of dedicated baking is that the family is really enjoying my whole wheat bread—rather than just tolerating it because it’s healthy. To some degree I think that I because we have all been eating a great deal more whole wheat bread over the past few years and everyone... Read More
Mobile Pizza Oven
May 16, 2012From The Reflector in Battle Ground, MA. I don’t think this is our oven, but I wanted to share this—and wish the owners good luck. Nel bucco del lupo. Read More
Crooks and Pizza Ovens
May 15, 2012From ABC News 5 in Cleveland. CLEVELAND – From a topless pool in Vegas to his pizza oven in Independence, the government released evidence it used to convict former political powerhouse Jimmy Dimora of corruption charges… Well, you can guess the rest. It sounds like Jimmy Dimora was a bad buy with a pizza oven. Interestingly enough, he is also very large, weighing in at 360 lbs when he was... Read More
