So – due to how crazy summer was (with work, vacations, kids being home) not much was accomplished since my last post but I was working on a plan in the meantime and I plan to start executing it on Sep 2nd (the day after labor day). It just seems like a good time to…
Throughout this challenge I came across alternate ways of making pizza dough using interesting raitos, methodologies or ingredients. Since I usually just made a cheese pizza with each of them (a nice baseline that lets me judge solely on the crust) I don’t think they need their own post, but I’m going to touch on…
Google’s NotebookLM is an AI-powered research and writing assistant designed to help users synthesize and interact with their own notes, documents, and ideas in a more intelligent and intuitive way. At its core, it allows users to upload files, input text, and link sources, then leverages Google’s advanced language models to provide summaries, generate insights,…
One of the first things I explored in the realm of AI was text to image generation. It wasn’t my first interaction with this type of AI – I had checked out Firefly on my work account to generate a few things and even used Midjourney when it was first introduced. I wasn’t impressed really…
In the beginning, and some weeks through this year I didn’t feel up for the research and effort new styles of pizza required so I went to my standard New York style pizza dough and just played with different toppings. [Shout out to Tony Gemignani’s method for a great dough] This was usually informed by…
If you think pizza means a thin, round, crisp-bottomed crust with neatly arranged toppings, sfincione (pronounced sfeen-cho-nay) is here to shake up your expectations. This is not your typical pizza—it’s thick, spongy, loaded with flavor, and dripping with history. The name itself comes from the Latin spongia, meaning sponge, which is fitting given its airy,…
Caldren was lost. Walking along a ridge he consulted the weathered map in his hand. Up until this point the map was leading him unerringly towards the destination. He left his entire life behind on the chance that this map and the journal it was folded into were real and he didn’t know what he…
Prelude | 15 years ago CCaldren curled up by the fire as his mother settled into her customary spot in the old wooden chair by the hearth. Sleep tugged at his eyelids, but he fought it, as small boys often do, afraid he might miss something important. “Tell me a magic story,” he said, stifling…
f you think all pizza is just a variation of the same thing, Trenton Tomato Pie is here to prove you wrong. This New Jersey-born specialty isn’t just a pizza—it’s a philosophy. A distant cousin of the classic New York slice and the coal-fired legends of New Haven, Trenton Tomato Pie flips the script on…
If you think you know pizza but haven’t tried New Haven apizza, prepare for a revelation. This Connecticut-born classic isn’t just a regional variation—it’s an institution. Locals (and pizza purists) will tell you it’s not just pizza; it’s apizza (pronounced ah-beetz, thanks to its Neapolitan dialect roots). And if you’re expecting something soft, foldable, and…