I love fly fishing Manzanita lake in lassen park . Definitely check out The Garden Tap in Mt Shasta for pizza . Opens again in the spring.
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You might also try baking on preheated cast iron or steel. Metal is a much better conductor of heat than stone and should give you the initial blast of heat that will quickly set the exterior and create steam to puff from within.
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Back to the Roots is running a 30% off sale now if anyone is interested in their kits.
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MLKWEEKEND is the code
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Yes - That’s the place! Thanks
I doctored the chickpea stew with fish sauce and harissa and it was better. And while I didn’t put the pita dough directly on the rack (the dough is too loosey-goosy for that) the pita was a bit better. Maybe due to longer rising, more liberal water spritzing while baking (but still not puffy).
Took a photo mid-meal.
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Yum, pork chops! Do you make them boneless?
Ah - I think we used a small metal cooling rack on top of the oven racks. I can see how an oven rack might be too widely spaced.
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That looks super good. Nice and crispy. Potato hash?
Meera Sodha’s recipes are usually a big hit here - maybe hers would help? http://meerasodha.com/black-dal-makhani-in-the-observer/
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My kiddo was in pre-school today and for once, I didn’t have to work. So I did a bunch of grocery errands and made two meals for us and a third meal to take to two different friends who recently had babies. Plus a batch of lactation cookie dough. Unfortunately in my great haste to get everything done I neglected to take any photos. But I made:
-Ground beef, cabbage, and tomatillo stew (subbing noodles for rice and dialing back the chili to make it kid-friendlier). I subbed a good green salsa for the tomatillos.
-Eggplant parmesan and cheese-spinach ravioli bake, with extra ricotta-spinach mixture dolloped on. This will reappear as a dinner soon.
-2 chicken pot pies - I purchased the crusts and am awed I ever did the whole thing from scratch…what a lot of work! These will go to my friends.
Cookies will be baked up in the morning as well as fruit salad prepped for the new mamas.
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Pizza night . Chopped country ham , clams , onion , pecorino and mozzarella. A little garlic and oregano. Cheers 
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Always enjoy that wine glass cameo appearance😉.
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The 1973 Fiesta del Artes glass . Given to me from a friend. Classic.
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Thank you! I’ll definitely give this one a try.
Also, hats off on your productive day. I feel late to the game, we need to figure out preschool too.
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Yea. These pounded to about 1/3 inch before crumbs.
Will ask H for the one he used & will post. Re: the braised country style pork ribs @ChristinaM.
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Thank you! I did get some ribs in the hope of replicating it.
