Which Pizza Oven Is Finest?

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Hey from sunny-but-chilly Florida! I’m visiting my mother Judy, the wizard behind these Oven-Fried Hen, Chocolate Dump-It Cake, and Bitter Cream Cheesecake recipes, which have impressed tons of of appreciative feedback. Rising up, Judy didn’t like her 4 youngsters within the kitchen messing up her area. I did a variety of desk setting and dish washing, however not a variety of cooking. I assume that made me much more interested by cooking, and now right here I’m with a cooking and residential firm! Thanks for the remedy session.

On to extra urgent matters….

It’s an extended story, which I’ll spare you, nevertheless it’s taken me a 12 months to get a Substack going a few residence renovation I’m doing. I’ll fill you in on this quickly, however within the meantime, I would like your assist with a pizza-oven choice.

I’ve lived in residences for my complete grownup life, and I’m quickly going to have a yard. I’d wish to get a pizza oven—not one which’s constructed from the bottom up, however one you can purchase and set up. I’ve gotten some suggestions—the Forno Piombo Santino, the Fontana Firenze, and the Gozney—and would love to listen to yours! Please ship them to me at [email protected]. I’m additionally going to speak to some pizza folks and I’ll report out the findings … and my choice.

Whereas I am in a pizza way of thinking, listed below are a few of our hottest pizza recipes:

And a few of our pizza gear:

• In case you’re making pizza in your oven, you wish to crank it as much as the best temperature and pre-heat a cooking floor—we like forged iron or ceramic.
• I take advantage of a chef’s knife for chopping pizza, however I’ve been advised scissors are the hack. These scissors, designed by Dreamfarm particularly for pizza, are nice at what they do. (I’m not a gadget particular person, however Dreamfarm is all the time profitable us over with their good designs.)

A publication that I’m appreciating: Blackbird Spyplane (it’s not new; I’m late to the get together.) It’s about tradition, fashion, and journey. And it often covers residence items, as in this deep-dive (which can be nice however I used to be too thrifty to do a paid subscription and see the total factor). One of the best half is its founders’ (Jonah Weiner and Erin Wylie) writing types—self-amused, off-kilter, like they’re amped up on caffeine and laughing fuel. As my husband, who’s specific about prose, mentioned, they ‘had me at “heinousness and bogosity.’”

My favourite Christmas reward this 12 months: Accidentally Wes Anderson Adventures by Wally and Amanda Koval—a visible web page turner of locations around the globe that seem like they belong in a Wes Anderson film.

Okay, I’m off to clean dishes and set the desk—have an excellent week!

Amanda

Earlier than beginning Food52 with Merrill, I used to be a meals author and editor on the New York Instances. I’ve written a number of books, together with “Cooking for Mr. Latte” and “The Important New York Instances Cookbook.” I performed myself in “Julie & Julia” — hope you did not blink, or you will have missed the scene! I stay in Brooklyn with my husband, Tad, and twins, Walker and Addison.