Blind
Dog Pizza is now on Facebook! Click on over and check it out
for pictures, future events as well as new recipes as they are posted.
This website is an excellent resource for those of you that would like
to get serious about your pizza-making. The real strength of
the site is the on-line forum which is visited by all levels of pizza
makers, from your every day average baker to professionals.
They all post here and are very generous with their time and
advice. You will find message boards on a number of topics,
such as ingredients, equipment and book reviews. There are
also boards for just about every different style of pizza, from Chicago
style to New York to Neapolitan to gluten free.
I'm a big fan of King Arthur flour. They put out a product
that is clean and of high quality. Check out their site for a
large selection of different kinds of flour. If you
are interested in bread making, there are also a wide selection of
ingredients, tools, and books. If you live within reasonable
traveling distance of their facility, they also offer baking classes.
Pizza Tools offers a wide selection of different styles of pizza pans,
all made with their proprietary PSTK finish. This is a great
place for you to purchase commercial quality pizza equipment.
You have a huge selection of different sized pans within each
category; pretty much as small or as large as you might want.
I like the 6 in 1 tomatoes, although they are trickier to find.
Italian grocers often carry it but if you don't have one in
your area, you can also order direct from the company. Many
people hesitate to order canned tomatoes by mail because of shipping
costs - but Escalon charges very little in this regard.
This is a nice resource where you can find baking supplies in larger
quantities. If you think you might want to buy 25 or 50
pounds of flour at a time, check them out.
The Art of Pizza Making : Trade
Secrets & Recipes
by : Dominick A DeAngelis
While
short in length, this book is what made the difference between good
pizza and great pizza for me. It is packed with useful information and
I definitely recommend it.
American Pie : My Search For
The Perfact Pizza
by : Peter Reinhart
Reinhart
has a comprehensive and extensive collection of recipes. However, I got
the most enjoyment from the first half of the book which documents his
journeys across American and Italy in search of pizza perfection. The
stories are well told and really highlight one person's passion for the
pie.
Pizza
: Calzone & Focaccia
by : Maxine Clark
This
book is well put together and is very accessible to the reader with
less of a background in baking. She has a lot of great
recipes that are easy to follow. The photography in the book
is also beautiful in its own right. The recipes in this book
should help get your imagination running in a lot of different
directions.
Online sources for Italian "OO" flour
disclaimer
: The King Arthur version
is an American
produced clone of the Italian flour.
While the quality is certainly of a high level, it should be noted
that this flour is made from North American flour and is not
of the imported variety.
