REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY – Thursday Night Pizza

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THURSDAY NIGHT PIZZA

• Author: Fr. Dominic Garramone
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Reedy Press (October 5, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933370653
• ISBN-13: 978-1933370651

ABOUT THURSDAY NIGHT PIZZA

After twenty years of testing recipes on his fellow monks, Father Dominic of public television’s Breaking Bread offers a surprising variety of pizza recipes sure to please every palate. With his customary detailed and easy-to-follow directions, Father Dom shows you how to make the perfect crust (the real key to first-rate pizza), flavorful homemade sauces, and savory toppings. You’ll discover a delicious reduced-fat sausage that is both easy and economical, the way to avoid soggy crusts, and a “magic trick” to have warm, crusty bread waiting for your breakfast the morning after pizza night. Recipes include six different doughs, seven sauces, and dozens of pizzas like Pesto and Prosciutto Pizza, Muffaletta Pizza, The Denver Diner Special, Mediterranean Vegetable Pizza, Pizza Diavolo, and Fig and Papaya Dessert Pizza.

MY THOUGHTS

I received a copy of Thursday Night Pizza. Never having made pizza completely from scratch I was curious to see how hard it might be. Chapters include Crusts and Sauces, Appetizers, Pizza, and Desserts. The beginning of the book, Pizza Basics, is chock full of helpful information and tips pertaining to pizza baking and the items you will use. I found it most helpful. For example, did you know that you should never put a pizza stone into the oven cold? I own one and I didn’t. Recipes in the book all contain regular ingredients that you could get at your local store and are very easy to understand. There are recipes for doughs, sauces and toppings. Each recipe contains notes, which are tips, notes and anecdotes pertaining to that recipe that might explain or help you. The only thing I wish the book had was pictures – I love pictures of recipes. I think the book would be great for cookbook collectors and pizza lovers alike. It would also be great for parents to use for “together time” with kids. I’m looking forward to making my first pizza with my oldest son, who loves pizza.

MORE INFO

Fr. Dominic once hosted a baking show on PBS, and was once called “America’s baking authority” by renowned chef Art Smith.

A WGN interview with Fr. Dominic can be viewed through the following link: http://www.wgntv.com/videobeta/f38ec482-ad1b-42cd-9789-8917fd8d0f10/News/In-the-Kitchen-The-Baking-Monk

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