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Wayne writes: I have been making good progress on the pizza. I found a premium mozzarella, but I quite often buy their regular mozzarella. I found that the premium mozzarella cheese was a better texture than the regular, and I thought it tasted better too. I got some of the hard white wheat flour here at a local flour mill, and it was a high gluten spring wheat flour from the West. Although the flavour was rather bland, the texture was perfect. I am thinking about experimenting with 20% all purpose flour, and 80%hard white wheat, and very the ratio until I get the right texture and flavour., If you have any suggestions regarding the flour, and cheese, I would appreciate hearing your suggestions. Last Thursday, and Friday I ate a 12 inch round pizza that I was happy with the crust texture, but crust flavour was not quite as good as expected. But, hey, it was some progress which I am thankful for. My toppings are not my main concern, as I will continue to use fresh ingredien...

There are a few tools that you will need if you want to make exceptional homemade pizza. A great dough recipe, mixing bowls, measuring spoons and a pizza pan or cookie sheet are essential. If you want to take your pizza making to an expert level, you need a pizza stone. With this cooking tool you will be able to cook like a gourmet. The best pizza in the world is made in a stone or brick oven. A baking stone attempts to recreate a brick oven in your home. The notion behind this is that the stone will absorb the heat in an oven and then transfer that heat to your pizza. This will cook your pizza quickly and evenly. A pizza stone is an essential tool for anyone who wants to make great pizza. You can certainly make good pizza with a cookie sheet or a pizza pan. But a cooking stone (also known as a baking stone) will allow you to make fantastic homemade pizza that tastes like it came from a pizzeria. Use an   Old Stone Oven 4467 14-Inch by 16-Inch Baking Stone You will also w...

Enzo Coccio recently interviewed by Albert Grande at the Pizza Expo in Las Vegas. Enzo is a pizza master who is very willing to share his pizza secrets. From Enzo's Website: "Pizzeria, synonymous with home, place of the soul. Where Enzo finds himself. Where he lives there and its history. Where to apply ancient techniques and traditions. Where food of "Campania Felix" have their seals with their flavors, aromas and colors. Where employees are familiar. Where the pizza shop becomes of ideas and experimentation. Where love for their work is identified with the pleasure of cooking for others. Where guests are accommodated at friends house and share the beauty of being together and eat. Where the food is prepared becomes the tool that allows us to know each other a bit and get to know 'more, day after day. Identity, Unity, Pleasure. The News: This is the "Where" Enzo Coccia .. Via Caravaggio 53/55 80126 Naples Tel +39 081 7142155 Pizzaar...