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Christmas came a little early for me, this year, in the form of a brand new KitchenAide . Oh yeah. I was first introduced to the KitchenAide by Chef Peter when we co-taught a cooking class, a couple of years ago. One of his first recommendations was to make it our main kitchen appliance. We used it mix dough for pizza and pasta. We were able to make cookies and cakes. We even used one of the attachments to make sausage. This did it all, except clean itself. Over the years, I've made lots of pizza dough. I make the dough by hand, because I like the feel of mixing my own pizza dough. When you have a limited amount of time to teach a class, however, you need to save some steps. When I used the Kitchenaide to make dough, the whole process went much faster. After a short while, I became convinced. Chef Peter, was right. It became our most valued appliance. The students loved using it. It was easy to operate, and easy to clean. We really noticed a difference when we used it to make pa...

I found this video very helpful for anyone learning to work with pizza dough. Note that the pizzaiolo is very gentle but firm with his dough. You really need to get a feel for the dough as you work it. I like the trick he uss to fix a hole in the dough. I think he makes some wonderful points. But most importantly he works the dough as he stretches and shapes it. Right on. If you want to make pizza, you need to learn as much as possible. This is a great pizza resource from my friends Tony Gemignani and Diane Morgan: pizza on earth, good will to all! albert grande Pizza Therapy Legends of Pizza And now in Beta Testing, A Pizza Community: My Pizza Face Dot Com