Sorry about the photo since those are some super sloppy seconds. Polenta may be the best vehicle for the consumption of butter and cheese at dinner without just straight out eating buttered cheddar, which, lets face it, the recession isn't that bad yet. Then again, that'd probably just be sardines for dinner. Back when I had the black and white lumberjack. I know you probably can't see it from the photo above, but really, there's some polenta under that hot ...

The only thing I wanted this pizza to be that it wasn't was big enough to wrap around me and softly lull myself to sleep. Yeast might very well be the most spectacular unicellular organisms in the world.* They can convert sugars to alcohol and they emit CO2 as a waste product. This allows us to a) brew beer (or make wine or spirits) and b) make risen breads, such as pizza dough. Specifically that pizza dough that ...

Label courtesy Mike Gatti. Beer courtesy hops, barley, water and yeast. Ugh. So sorry about the media blackout here folks. My digital camera died, and, really, whats the point of a cooking blog if there are no photos to oogle over? Nothing. That's what. Nothing. Last I left you, there were many posts about beer. Actually, many posts about temperature and air-lock activity. Which, I'll admit, is very boring. But, like, the end result was fucking ...

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Sorry my digital camera is broke. But my beer was fucking awesome. Only rivaled by my Thanksgiving.