Category Archives: Za!

Let’s Make (Another) Pizza Sauce!

I have several posts offering rather good (if I do say so myself) recipes for za! dough, here, and then there’s this one, which uses beer in place of yeast, but I really haven’t ever done much about the sauce … Continue reading

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Parfait! No Yeast – BEER! – Pizza Dough

I have a bunch of different za! dough recipes banging around this here blog thing-y, and I am pretty darned pleased with several of them, but for sheer speed and taste and ease of tossing together at the last possible … Continue reading

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Garlic Fingers and Beer Crust

I was reading a novel set in Portland, Maine, and, at a gathering, one of the characters thanked another for bringing the garlic fingers. Garlic Fingers? I was intrigued, so QuickLikeABunny, I went to da google to see what I … Continue reading

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Deep Dish Veggie and Sausage Za!

Shhh. I have a confession to make. Even tho’ I’ve lived in greater Chicagoland for close to 20 years (!), I am not a hoooge fan o’ the deep dish pizza. I also put ketchup on my hot dogs, but … Continue reading

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A Nice Pizza Sauce

Nope. Not gonna do it. This recipe is (loosely) based on a copy cat recipe for Cincinnati-style pizza sauce, which is a touch on the sweet side, so I am told, I have never been. That said; there is no … Continue reading

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Pretzel Pizza Dough – and more!

So… we can play this a couple of ways: One, I share a pretty nice pizza dough recipe and a way to turn it into pretzel pizza dough, or… Two, I share this pretty cool dough recipe and suggest some … Continue reading

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Parfait! Cauliflower ‘Za!

I’ve been doing this local farm ‘Mystery Bag’ thing, where you show up with a reusable bag and $10, and they give you a ton of great veggies. I can’t do it every week, because there’s just the two of … Continue reading

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Parfait! Grilled Margherita ‘Za!

It’s been a while since I posted about grilled ‘za!, and I’ve learned a few things to make the preparing and the grilling a but easier and less likely to have Rich slide the whole shebang down through the grill … Continue reading

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Cauliflower ‘Za!

Who doesn’t like a nice, hot slice of ‘za!? Zippy sauce, melted cheese, sliced pepperoni (or whichever topping(s) you prefer, all on top of a tasty, thin crust of… cauliflower? Yep, a bit of cauliflower, a clove of garlic, some … Continue reading

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Asparagus ‘Za!

It all started with a conversation with Mama, owner of our favorite pizza/sammich place, Mama K’s. We had been out, planning to run errands, when some chip inside our car got switched to overload (I don’t like Sundays) and, well, … Continue reading

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