Sunday, December 3, 2023

Gift Guide 2023 + A New Newsletter: Pizza Every Friday

I am always envious of people, like my sister, who complete their holiday shopping before Thanksgiving. I have never done this nor do I think I ever will. If you fall into this latter camp, here are some ideas.

As always, this year's gift guide is meant to inspire if nothing else. If you have any items you are excited about gifting this year, please share them in the comments. I love hearing them.

Happy Shopping, Friends 🎁🎁🎁🎁

Gift Guide 2023

Pizza Every Friday

As most of you know, I wrote another book, Pizza Night, which is currently available for pre-order.

If you are new here, Pizza Night includes 52 pizza and 52 salad recipes, one combination for every week of the year, as well as five simple desserts. It's organized seasonally and includes recipes for the home oven, outdoor oven, the grill, Sicilian-style, Detroit-style, grandma-style, skillet pizzas, and more.

I can't wait to share it all with you… in April! In the meantime, I've started a pizza substack 🍕🍕🍕 It's called Pizza Every Friday, and the first newsletter went out this past Friday.

In this first newsletter, I shared a video I made recently with my friend Christy Alia, a great baker and cook, and an ambassador for Ooni, the company that makes portable outdoor pizza ovens. In the video, we cook 4 pizzas from Pizza Night in Christy's favorite Ooni oven, and along the way, Christy shares her tips and tricks for cooking pizza in these types of ovens.

I have a Gozney Dome, and I found Christy's tips so helpful, and while I don't really need another pizza oven, I am so tempted to buy this particular Ooni for a number of reasons, namely its portability.

Friends, I'm so excited about this, and I hope you'll follow along (it's free):

Pizza Every Friday