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Detroit Style Pizza: A Guide to Detroit Pizza
Discover Detroit-Style Pizza Detroit style pizza is a square, deep dish pizza that is known for its racing stripes sauce on top, cheese crust crown and light crust. Whether you call them red tops or square pizza, Detroit-style pizza is a unique pizza style that hast become one of the hottest pizza styles and one […]
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Classic Pizza Margherita
Recently I dropped in on a wine and cheese festival in Wisconsin. Several cheese producers were exhibiting their wares, so (naturally) I did some sampling, and chatted a bit with those manning the booths. I asked about a particular pizza cheese that ...
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Eggplant Parmigiana Pizza
Gourmet toppings for pizza? Where do I begin? I suppose I could start by recounting something I read recently about a pizzeria in New York City that is big on seasonal gourmet toppings such as brussel sprout leaves, shaved porcini, black truffles and...
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Penne Carbonara
2 tablespoons butter 1 small red onion, chopped 1 small yellow onion, chopped 4 ounces Portobello mushrooms, chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 7 ounces bacon, cooked and crumbled into large pieces 12 ounces chicken breast, grilled and sliced 2 cups hea...
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Prosciutto and Melon
I suppose it would be ridiculous of me to say that the two most important ingredients in that delicious antipasti called prosciutto and melon are actually the prosciutto and melon! It’s not that ridiculous, actually, because it really does matt...
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WOW Housemade Dressings
No question that it’s pretty darn easy to just open a jug, jar or can to take care of your salad dressing needs. However, in this day and age of going artisanal, it’s time to take a look at putting together your own salad dressings. And t...
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Meat Lovers Pizza
Nobody had to twist my arm to write this column. I am a meat lover from way back, a protein proponent without equal. When I was, oh, about 16 years old, I didn’t have any Italian sausage in the house, so I opened a can of Spam, cut the whole th...
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Pesto Pizza
The repertoire of Italian sauces is loaded with classics like Alfredo, Bolognese, arrabbiata, marinara, and oil and garlic. The one sauce that stands just as tall and is just as versatile is pesto. I was always of a mind that pesto sauce never got th...
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Pulled Pork Pizza
Ever since the first BBQ Chicken pizza hit the scene in the 1980’s, consumers have gone stir crazy over it. Since then barbecue sauce has gone from an oddity to a regular on pizzeria menus. It makes a fantastic pizza base and provides regular c...
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Sausage Stuffed Ravioli with Chipotle Basil Cream Sauce
Yield: 4 servings 3 tablespoons butter 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 4 bail leaves, chiffonade ½ tablespoon green chilies, chopped 2 cups heavy cream 1/2 cup Pecorino Romano cheese, grated 1 medium tomato, medium...
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Stromboli
Stromboli: One of the Aeolian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of Italy, also the location of one of the most active volcanoes on Earth. Stromboli: The 1950s movie starring Ingrid Bergman. Stromboli: Rolled pizza. Stromboli is in the famil...
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Tortellini
Say hello to the family of “little cakes” better known as tortelli, tortellini, and tortelloni. Tortelli looks like a stretched out ravioli (a specialty of Parma, Italy). Tortellini is a small ring-shaped pasta that is filled with me...