In Search of…musings for my grandchildren while riding my bike…
GPS (Great Pizza Search) #9 was another foray into homemade pizza. The dough making process started on July 9 with culminated in 2 pizzas made on July 10 and another two on July 11. I decided to change up a couple of things for this dough versus previous doughs: Regular dough with yeast vs Sourdough … Continue reading GPS #9 – Homemade #6 to #9
On July 6, for the Great Pizza Search (GPS) #8, I decided to do the Durty Bikes Gravel Series #2 - Bennington, NY Race (Strava Link). It was a very hot, hilly, and grueling bike race for me. Riding virtual races on real courses without other competitors is very mentally taxing. And as the first … Continue reading GPS #8 – Main Street Pizza, Batavia, NY
Friday, July 3's Great Pizza Search (GPS) #7 was my second attempt at making homemade sourdough pizzas. This time, I made only 00 white flour sourdough Initially, I planned to create 2 or 3 Neapolitan style pizzas using a pizza stone that I had just purchased. Unfortunately, the dough was very wet making it impossible … Continue reading GPS #7 – Homemade #3, #4, #5
I've created a Pizza Ratings Table. The pizzas are rated in order of my and my wife's preference. Link to it here
On June 30, 2020, I rode to BB's Pizzeria in Newark, NY for my Great Pizza Search (GPS) #6. I chose BB's because their "About Us" seemed interesting, and I needed to ride 70 miles to get 1000 miles for the month of June. Newark is a 70 mile round trip (click here to go … Continue reading GPS #6 -BB’s Pizzeria, Newark, NY
Today, I rode to a "homey" pizza place, out and back to home in my Great Pizza Search (GPS) #5! If I plan to criticize others' pizzas, I need to taste some of my own medicine. The process started on Friday evening (it's now Sunday evening) with adding 100% unbleached bread flour and water to … Continue reading GPS #5 -Homemade Sourdough Pizza #1 and #2!
I had no intention of riding on Saturday, June 27. We had thunder and lightning overnight and into the morning. It was supposed to rain all day. But, the forecast changed, and although muggy, I chose to ride to Farmington, NY (~60 miles round trip) to a place (didn't know if it was a joint … Continue reading GPS #4 – Dario’s, Farmington, NY
Today, was GPS (Great Pizza Search) #3. I didn't ride to today's pizza joint, but trust me, I earned my pizza! Eventually, we made our way to Luigi's in Naples (no, Naples, NY) after an epic gravel race. The gravel race is Course 1 of the Durty Bike Gravel Race Series 2020 (https://durtybikes.com/). Due to … Continue reading GPS #3 – Ah, Napoli, oops not that Naples!
Yesterday's failure to get a slice made me think a lot about COVID and me. Am I being too risk averse at the expense of living? So, today, I hopped on my bike to make amends to myself. I left late "ish" giving me only 3 hours to get to Nima's in Palmyra, NY, order … Continue reading Day 2 – GPS (Great Pizza Search) – Return to Nima’s
Today, June 22, 2020 was to be the first pizzeria in the Great Pizza Search (was is the important word, unfortunately). With some thought, I developed some personal criteria (subject to change) for a pizzeria to which I'd bike. Not part of a national (Dominos, etc...) or regional (Mark's, Salvatore's) chainFar enough away to make … Continue reading Day 1 – the Great Pizza Search – FAIL!
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