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Cooking: French Bread Pizza

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Making pizza at home is really easy, especially when not using dough.  Hubby and I have used pitas and french bread before.  These instructions are for french bread but can be used to with other breads as well.

1.  Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
2.  Cut bread in half and place on baking sheet

3.  Spread tomato sauce on the top

4.  Sprinkle shredded Mozzarella cheese over the tomato sauce

5.  Add desired toppings (pepperoni, mushroom, broccoli, sausage, tomato, basil, endless options)

Here are steps 2-5 shown side-by-side.

6.  Bake pizzas in the oven for 10 minutes (or until cheese is fully melted and toppings are cooked).

7.  Enjoy the yumminess!

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Seattle: Ride the Ducks

Monday, March 15th, 2010

The first Saturday in March, we caught a quick flight to Seattle to visit Hubby’s cousin J, her husband F and their four month old baby A.  We had a fantastic trip and are so thankful for J, F & A.


family photo (left to right):  F, A, J, me, Hubby

Upon arrival, the happy family took us to Lola for brunch.  The food was really yummy.

made to order doughnuts:  seasonal jam, vanilla mascarpone


stack of golden brown pancakes and pork maple sausage:  date butter, spiced maple syrup


eggs benedict:  shaved ham, dill hollandaise

In the late afternoon, we did the Ride the Ducks of Seattle tour.  It was amazing how these cars drive on land and float on water.  The driver was funny and seemed knowledgeable.  Be sure to bring a jacket because it was chilly on the water.

beautiful Seattle skyline

 
the boats from Deadliest Catch dock here

For dinner, we dined at Via Tribunali.  The wood-fired oven was built by a team of masons flown in from Naples, Italy.  The pizza was delicious and reminded us of our Italian honeymoon.

Rapini E Salsiggia:  broccoli di rape, pomodoro, basil, mozzarella, sausage, garlic

After a fabulous dinner, we continued on to Molly Moon’s for their famous ice cream.  Hubby and I both had a single scoop of Starburst in a waffle cone.  F enjoyed Salted Carmel, and we brought back Balsamic Strawberry for J.

Fabulous first day in Seattle.  More to come!

Lola - 2000 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121
Via Tribuanli - 915 E Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122
Molly Moon’s - 917 E Pine St, Seattle, WA  98122

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Big Apple: Restaurant List

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Over the two weeks we were in the Big Apple, we ate at several different places.  This is a bare bones review of all the restaurants in one post.  More in depth reviews and pictures are in the individual posts linked below.

AMERICAN
   Savoy – 70 Prince St, New York, NY 10012
      Rating:  4/5
      Price:  $$$$

BAR WITH FOOD
   Blind Pig – 233 E 14th St, New York, NY 10003
      Rating:  3/5
      Price:  $

   Cassidy’s Pub – 65 W 55th St, New York, NY 10019
      Rating:  3/5
      Price:  $

BAR WITHOUT FOOD
   Barcade – 388 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
      Rating:   3/5
      Price:  $

   Blind Tiger- 281 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014
      Rating:  3/5
      Price:  $

   Grisly Pear – 107 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012
      Rating:  4/5
      Price:  $

BELGIAN
   Markt – 676 Sixth Ave, New York, NY 10010
      Rating:  3/5
      Price:  $$$

BURGERS
   Shake Shack – SE corner of Madison Square Park (Madison Ave and E 23rd St) New York, NY
      Rating:  5/5
      Price:  $

   White Castle – 525 8th Ave, New York, NY 10018
      Rating:  1/5
      Price:  $

CHINESE
   Joe’s Shanghai- 9 Pell St, New York, NY 10013
      Rating:  3/5
      Price:  $

DESSERT
   Creperie- 135 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002
      Rating:  3/5
      Price: $$

   Junior’s Cheesecake – 1515 Broadway (45th St between Broadway & 8th Ave), New York, NY 10036
      Rating:  5/5
      Price: $$

JAPANESE
   Ippudo – 65 Fourth Ave, New York, NY 10003
      Rating:  4/5
      Price:  $$

   Izumi Sushi – 139 W 28th St, New York, NY 10001
      Rating:  3/5
      Price:  $

   Minca – 536 E Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10009
      Rating:  4/5
      Price:  $

KOREAN
   Seoul Garden – 34 W 32nd St, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001
      Rating:  3/5
      Price:  $

PIZZA
   Grimaldi’s Pizzeria – 19 Old Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
      Rating: 4/5
      Price:  $

   John’s Pizzeria- 278 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014
      Rating:  4/5
      Price:  $

VENEZULEAN
   Caracas Arepas Bar – 93 1/2 7th St, New York, NY 10009
      Rating:  5/5
      Price:  $$

Happy eating in New York!  If you have additional suggestions, please comment so that other people can benefit from good eats as well.

Previous posts in the Big Apple series:
Getting There
Sleep and Eat
J’s Birthday
Weekend
Weather and More Eats

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