Pizza Blog from pizzatherapy.com

I know what your thinking... How can you improve on something so basic as a pizza cutter or pizza wheel? We've got an Oxo Good Grips 4-Inch Pizza Wheel  and it does quite well. It has stood the test of cutting  hundreds of pizzas and it has not missed a beat. It's got a great grip and the blade has stayed sharp. The pizza cutter has a wheel that has a simple job. Keep it clean and well oiled and you're in the pizza cutting business.  What more could you want? For the record we have a  Homer Simpson Talking Pizza Cutter at the Pizza Therapy Pizza Museum. . This was a novelty item that was light years ahead of it's time.  We have a number of other pizza cutter's in the Museum, including our prized Pepe's 75th Anniversary Pizza Cutter .                  We just discovered a brand new pizza cutter that certainly deserves our attention:...

Elliot shares the following: CUCIDATI (Italian Fig Cookies) These cookies are a little time consuming, but well worth the effort! It's a Christmas favorite! Preparation time approximately 2¼ hours  yields: approximate 36 cookies Ingredients: 4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup vegetable shortening 1 large egg 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract 1/2 cup milk Filling 1 cup dried figs 1 cup dried dates, pitted 3/4 cup raisins 1/4 cup honey 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 cup orange marmalade 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped Icing 2 cups confectioners' sugar water or milk colored sprinkles Directions: For cookie dough, sift flour, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Add sugar and stir well. Cut in the shortening with a fork or pastry blender and work the mixture until it looks like corn meal. In a bowl, beat egg, vanilla and milk together. Add egg mixture to the flour mixture and m...