pizza
cottage cheese pizza snacks
These protein-packed mini pizzas make the perfect after-school snack or quick bite when trying to tame those hunger pangs. While using cottage cheese as a pizza base might sound unconventional, TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious
Read Morestromboli
Pizza night just became a bit more interesting. Stromboli is an Italian-American dish that originated in Philadelphia in the 1950s. Restaurant owner, Nazzareno Romano, started selling rolled-up pizza dough filled with ham, cheese, and peppers. It is a pizza derivative and named after the Italian Isle of Stromboli. This rolled pizza is the bee’s knees!…
Read Morereverse puff pastry pizza
We love homemade pizza. Who doesn’t? And many have their favourite ways to prepare one but none, in my humble opinion, are as ingenious as a reverse puff pastry pizza! This is a Jamie Oliver creation. I recall the first time watching The Naked Chef when it first aired back in 1999. We were living…
Read Morefugazza (Argentinian pizza)
Last month Mr S and I were in Buenos Aires. I knew Argentina was originally a Spanish colony but never realized how Italian immigrants influenced the makeup of food until we visited. For sure, regional dishes can be found (parrilla) but surprisingly, day-to-day eating is dominated by la dolce vita. I read that 40% of…
Read Morefresh mozzarella, sweet cherry peppers and arugula pie
Flatbreads have been consumed by the ancient Egyptians, Romans and Greeks. The humble pizza/pie (an expanded version of a flatbread), became popular in the USA in the mid-1900s when the Neapolitans came over for factory jobs. According to history.com, the first documented pizzeria was Lombardi’s in Manhattan, licensed to sell pizza in 1905 and is…
Read Morepita bread pizza
Summer allows us to use our barbeque nearly every day. It also saves me from using the oven or stove top especially when it’s hot outside. One staple I like to have on hand is pita bread. This ancient flatbread has been around since 2500 BC and its uses are numerous. I love it in…
Read Morepizza smoked mozzarella and lemon slices
If I were to take a poll to find out what toppings people like to see on their pizza, I’ll bet tomato sauce, cheese, and some sort of meat would be at the top of the list. Pizza is a centuries old snack although 2,000 years ago it looked more like a flatbread with olive…
Read Morepuff pastry pizza tart
Pizza can be an easy midweek meal to make and it’s one where you can get the family involved. Make individual pizzas to cater for the fussy eaters in your family or have them build their own. I like making my own pizza dough but sometimes, to save time, it’s just as easy to buy…
Read MorePear and Blue Cheese Pizza
What to do with overly ripe pears? A few things come to mind: fruit leather, smoothie, crumble, juice. But it’s Friday night and I’m looking to make pizza so why not incorporate pear and blue cheese. I’m into the culinary balancing act of sweet and salty and pear is magical with blue cheese. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious
Read MoreScanway Catering & Pastry (a review)
For such a small city (slightly under 400,000), we are blessed to have attracted a slew of quality restauranteurs where the owners and chefs happily promote locally grown produce. Many highlight Nova Scotian wineries which have garnered international acclaim. There seems to be a mini explosion of late with new restaurants popping up all over…
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