In Search of…musings for my grandchildren while riding my bike…
Neapolitan Phase of the Day A' Fanabola' slang for "Go to Napoli" (aka Go to Hell). At the time of the great emigration (1880s - 1920s), Napoli was considered to be hell. And depending on the intensity of one's inflection and conviction , it means, "Go f¥€k yourself (or in the Justin Bieber’s immortal words … Continue reading A’ Fanabola’! Pizza Nepalitana, Part 2
A LONG ONE, BUT I PROMISE IT WILL BE ABOUT PIZZA! One the most moving videos for me on YouTube is Pavarotti’s “Torna A Surriento”. https://youtu.be/HbUfpQ9Nmbw Other than Pavarotti’s moving rendition and the story behind the song (see Wikipedia here), Surriento (Sorrento, Campania, Italy) is one of my favorite places on earth, and one that … Continue reading Torna A Surriento!
In my previous post, I mentioned about "fixing my woolee” by trying pizzas in Old Forge, PA and Brooklyn. We visited both in early September 2021 (another post to catch up). When I told others friends about Old Forge and Brooklyn, I received understanding looks about Brooklyn pizza but quizzical expressions such as, “Old Forge, … Continue reading Fixing the Woolee! Brooklyn & Old Forge, PA Tour
In the couple of years of my making pizza and bread, I’ve watched countless YouTube videos. Many are by NYC pizziolas or take place in NYC Pizzerias. Also, I've made about 250 and purchased about 50 from various Pizzerias during this time. But, as I watched, made, and ate more, I started to get a … Continue reading Got the Woolee!
On 4/8, I used my grill top pizza oven for the 1st time. If you recall from my posting at that time, I used Publix dough since I couldn't make my own. Although it was a very good pizza, it was not the elusive "GREAT". I felt that I could do much better with my … Continue reading Grill Top Pizza Oven – #2
This is the first of a few "catch up" posts on pizzas that we've eaten during my writing hiatus. More will follow. We're just finishing our 3rd winter in Sarasota. My GPS (the Great Pizza Search) has continued around our southern home. And although I'd not been posting, I dictate notes while eating for future … Continue reading GPS Spring 22 – Sarasota, FL Pizza – Bite Size Reviews
Piz (pronounced PEETS) is short for a specific pizza that my mother, aunts, and grandmas made around Easter. Piz is one of two different piz (come on…) that we'd have around that time: One piz was savory with eggs, moozadell, parmagian, rigott, pepperoni, preciute with pastry crust on bottom, top, and sides. I'm totally unsure … Continue reading Piz – A Pizza by Any Other Name…
OK, it's time to write something again. I've been really dialing in oven baked pizza (I will provide an article with pics of my progress soon). In the back of my mind, I've wanted to get an outdoor pizza oven like from Ooni or a Gozney Roccbox (gotta' love the name Rocc since it's a … Continue reading Exhaustive (nearly) Pizza Oven Study and 1st Use
With summer coming to a close, we decided to try something new! We’d not been out in the camper since the gravel bike races had ended in early August, and I really wanted to go to the Upstate NY “Pizza Meccas” of Utica and Schenectady, NY.So, off we went on a 3 day bike tour … Continue reading Upstate Pizza Mecca Tour Day 1 – GPS #33!
When I ride, my iPhone is usually in my jersey pocket playing my 70’s playlist. I have about 12,000, 1970’s pop songs cataloged, tagged, rated, and organized in iTunes on our server! (Doesn’t everyone have their own server...remember, I’m anal).As most would agree, every song in our memory has at least two versions: The version … Continue reading 70’s Music! & GPS #25!
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