My favorite Sicilian blogger girl attended what may be the last of the now legendary pizza tastings in Paulie Gee’s backyard. I met Jennifer Galatioto, who writes an excellent food focused blog with some Italian flavor and love, Morta Di Fame (Dying of Hunger) , at the Pizzalicious Meet-Up at Roberta’s on the day of the [...]
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As I mentioned back when I was invited to a pizza tasting at Paulie Gee’s house in July, Paulie’s dream of opening a pizzeria was on the cusp of becoming reality. It seems like having your own pizza oven is becoming more popular every day. Today I received an e-mail from Dave K, who seems to be the ringleader of DC Elite Pizza (DCEP). The part of the e-mail that grabbed my attention was “.…I really enjoy your website and wanted to let you know that we have [...] There are few culinary delights more rewarding than biting into a revelatory pizza and this pie was indeed revelatory, in every sense of the word. The mascarpone and figs were indeed sweet, but the wonders of the wood fired oven made the pizza work, and beautifully at that. The charred points of crust and the slight smoky flavors played the perfect foil against the mascarpone and figs, both in flavor and texture. The stiffer areas of charred crust supported the creamy mascarpone and fleshiness of the figs, while the smoky notes offset the sweetness of both ingredients. In places, parts of the figs had attained a somewhat gelatinous caramelization to them which was just, well, just stoopidly delicious, as in fuhgetaboutit stoopid [...] |
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