Upgrading My Arcade1Up Star Wars Arcade

For anyone who knows me, it’s no surprise I love Star Wars, and I love video games from the 70s & 80s. I even have two Atari 2600s, a Colecovision and a Vectrex consoles in storage, waiting for me to clear out the garage and convert into a family/game room. I’ve also owned arcade games […]

The Apparently Never-ending Quest for Pizza

My first job was in the kitchen at ShowBiz Pizza Place. I know, not really a true pizza place, but back in ’86 stone-fired, Neapolitan, margarita styles wasn’t trending. It was New York style you got at the mall, ordering two pizzas for one at Little Caesar’s (Pizza! Pizza!) or still able to get a […]

Picanha!

Yea, I never heard of it either. Looking around for recipes to try (plus cooking shows are comfort food for my brain) I started seeing a few come up, talking about a beef cut called Picanha. I was intrigued for two reasons: One, it looks like a lean cut of beef with this quarter-inch fat […]

Quest for Pizza, Part Deux

I mentioned in my bread post, I originally got the Caputo Gluten Free flour to make pizza and possibly do an AB test between yeast and sourdough. Well, today is the day! So, yes. I got my 2nd bag of Caputo gluten free flour and finally had time to make two GF pizza crusts to […]

‘Cause Every Girl Crazy ‘Bout a Sharp-ened Knife

They say the most dangerous tool in the kitchen is a dull knife. I watch a ton of cooking shows: Netflix, TV & YouTube. And every time I watch an episode I hate the fact these cooks can slice and chop vegetables so easy and effortlessly. Why? Because they (most?) all have professionally sharpened knives […]