Welcome to the most recent version of Food52 Founder Amanda Hesser’s weekly publication, Hey There, It’s Amanda, full of meals, journey, and procuring suggestions, Food52 doings, and different issues that catch her eye. Get impressed—enroll right here for her emails.
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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 a whole bunch of appreciative feedback. Rising up, Judy didn’t like her 4 children 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 in 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 a protracted story, which I’ll spare you, but it surely’s taken me a 12 months to get a Substack going a couple of dwelling renovation I’m doing. I’ll fill you in on this quickly, however within the meantime, I want your assist with a pizza-oven determination.
I’ve lived in flats for my total 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 which 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 individuals and I’ll report out the findings … and my determination.
Whereas I am in a pizza mind-set, listed here are a few of our hottest pizza recipes:
And a few of our pizza gear:
- In the event you’re making pizza in your oven, you wish to crank it as much as the very best temperature and pre-heat a cooking floor—we like forged iron or ceramic.
- I exploit a chef’s knife for slicing pizza, however I’ve been instructed 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 at all times successful us over with their sensible designs.)
A publication that I’m appreciating: Blackbird Spyplane (it’s not new; I’m late to the celebration.) It’s about tradition, fashion, and journey. And it sometimes covers dwelling 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 complete factor). The most effective half is its founders’ (Jonah Weiner and Erin Wylie) writing kinds—self-amused, off-kilter, like they’re amped up on caffeine and laughing gasoline. As my husband, who’s specific about prose, mentioned, they ‘had me at “heinousness and bogosity.’”
My favourite Christmas reward this 12 months: By chance Wes Anderson Adventures by Wally and Amanda Koval—a visible web page turner of locations all over the world that appear like they belong in a Wes Anderson film.
Okay, I’m off to scrub dishes and set the desk—have a fantastic week!
Amanda
Earlier than beginning Food52 with Merrill, I used to be a meals author and editor on the New York Occasions. I’ve written a number of books, together with “Cooking for Mr. Latte” and “The Important New York Occasions Cookbook.” I performed myself in “Julie & Julia” — hope you did not blink, or you might have missed the scene! I stay in Brooklyn with my husband, Tad, and twins, Walker and Addison.
