I’ve always had a special place in my stomach for Pizza Hut Pizza. It was a focal part of my childhood. We’d go a couple of time a month to the one the next town over and get some delicious bread sticks and pizzas with the family and it was always a great time full…
The first thing I did when I got back from Italy was try to recreate the pizzas I had when I was in Naples. It was amazing. Crispy crust that was soft inside with fresh vibrant tomato sauce and buffalo mozzarella, topped with basil, olive oil and fired in a 900 degree oven. I had…
This was a bucket list item for me. My family is from Torre Del Greco, a small town near Naples and the Volcano is ever present and I’m fascinated by the history of Pompeii and Herculaneum (well the Roman empire in general – yes, I do think of them several times a day!) and I’ve…
But Tony, you’re Italian! What are you doing? What about the pizza? The Pasta? The Bread?! There’s no way you can pull this off! That’s what I thought when I started. Just two weeks, I told myself. You can do this! The first few days were absolute torture but I persevered and about four days…
This pizza has been in my rotation for a few years. The genesis of it was a bunch of leftover butternut squash mash I made for the baby. I looked at it and said ‘wait, I bet this would be good on a pizza’. Due to the inherent sweetness of the squash I know I…
Charlie Chaplin Silent Movie / Comedy – 1921 3/5 stars This one starts with an ingĂ©nue who has a baby but the father isn’t interested (doesn’t believe it’s his? Who knows with silent movies) so she is desperate to keep her career so she does the unthinkable and abandons the baby in a rich person’s…
Category: War Film Starring: A pretty visceral World War I movie depicting the horrors of trench warfare. Told from the point of view of the German soldiers it depicted a harrowing experience spoke to the futility of war. It starts out in a classroom in Germany when a teacher is giving an impassioned speech about…
One of my favorite chicago deep dish spots is Lou Malnati’s. I like that the crust is buttery and the tomatoes on the top taste like, well, tomatoes. The other chains in Chi-town have overcooked sauce with too many spices. For this reason, my attempts to make Chicago deep dish is really an attempt to…
What can I say about this album? This is probably one of my favorite albums of all time. I can still remember the first time I heard it on MTV. I was like ‘I’m not sure what musical genre that is, but I need more of it’. Before I listened to this album (and Pearl…
This one was pretty easy as I already owned this album and listened to it extensively during my long commutes in the late 90’s. There’s a reason Nas is hailed as one of the GOATS the flows are immaculate his rapping style is so clean and smooth and the tracks he’s rapping over are tight.…