“Dining with one’s friends and beloved family is certainly one of life’s primal and most innocent delights, one that is both soul-satisfying and eternal.” Julia Child
As much as I love food and the rhythm of a kitchen, my true love of food is rooted in who I share it with. This past week my family celebrated my dad’s birthday with a build your own pizza night. What I love about the concept of build your own pizza is that it gets everyone in the kitchen. Sure things might get a little chaotic and messy, but food cooked together tastes so much better than going it alone.
We had an unbelievable spread with enough toppings to cover each person’s specific pizza preference. From tomato sauce and pesto, to the classics of pepperoni and olives to the toppings that pushed the boundaries of pizza making such as figs, we had it all.
My new favorite pizza: spicy pineapple. Take your pineapple and sauté it with a dash of cayenne and red pepper flakes. Spread an even coat of tomato sauce on your dough, sprinkle mozzarella, throw a few pepperoni on if you so choose, and the next step is where the magic happens. Top the pizza off with your spicy pineapple and jalapeños. If you’re a lover of all things spicy then this is the pizza for you.
You know what’s funny about make your own pizza nights is that people’s true personalities come out through the ingredients they choose. What I love about the ability to personalize my own pizza is that it lets me be creative and come up with new and interesting combinations, whereas others will never stray from the classics, or there are those that will just throw every ingredient on the table on their pizza just hoping for the best.
SO what are you? Are you a tomato sauce kind of person or pesto all the way? A little secret, I was a NO sauce person when I was younger.
Sauce or no sauce, it’s the people at your table that matter. Sit down and share a slice tonight.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA!
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