Wednesday, November 11th

I want to proudly relay the email that my amazing friend Melanie sent me yesterday... She said, and I quote, "You are totally inspiring me" as she made, from scratch, honey pizza dough for the below pizzas with homemade garlic oil, cheese, arugula, and a homemade lemon vinaigrette:

In the words of our good friend Rachel: YUMMERS.

Today we made a Pumpkin Chiffon Pie with a graham cracker crust in the spirit of the holidays. We used sheets of gelatin which I have never used before. The pie came out well, but I didn't try it cause I don't like pumpkin... that is, unless, we are talking about fresh toasted salted pumpkin seeds which I have a serious weakness for.

We also made a Peanut Butter Oreo Pie with an Oreo crust. While I didn't try a bite of the finished product, I may have tried some of the filling which may or may not have been heavenly. But then again, anything with chocolate, peanut butter and Oreos cant be too abysmal...

After we finished our pies, we all chipped in to make pizza. We have never used deck ovens and really wanted to try them out so we assigned ourselves toppings to bring in and made something like 12 pizzas from scratch. We had almost every topping you can imagine. Cheddar, mozzarella, goat cheese, grilled peppers, grilled onions, tomatoes, sun dried tomatoes, pesto, BBQ sauce, tomato sauce, sauteed mushrooms and fresh mushrooms, ham, pepperoni, pineapple, ham, banana peppers, basil... AMAZING. Monica posted pictures of the pizzas on my Facebook page. :-) You will also be able to see a few pics of Chef.

Tomorrow: Sweet Potato Pie (blech) and Peach Cobbler.