Welcome to the most recent version of Food52 Founder Amanda Hesser’s weekly e-newsletter, Hey There, It’s Amanda, full of meals, journey, and procuring ideas, Food52 doings, and different issues that catch her eye. Get impressed—enroll right here for her emails.
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Hey from sunny-but-chilly Florida! I’m visiting my mother Judy, the wizard behind these Oven-Fried Hen, Chocolate Dump-It Cake, and Bitter Cream Cheesecake recipes, which have impressed tons of of appreciative feedback. Rising up, Judy didn’t like her 4 children within the kitchen messing up her house. I did plenty of desk setting and dish washing, however not plenty of cooking. I suppose that made me much more inquisitive about cooking, and now right here I’m with a cooking and residential firm! Thanks for the remedy session.
On to extra urgent subjects….
It’s a protracted story, which I’ll spare you, nevertheless it’s taken me a yr to get a Substack going a few dwelling renovation I’m doing. I’ll fill you in on this quickly, however within the meantime, I would like your assist with a pizza-oven resolution.
I’ve lived in flats for my whole grownup life, and I’m quickly going to have a yard. I’d prefer to get a pizza oven—not one which’s constructed from the bottom up, however one that you would be able to purchase and set up. I’ve gotten some suggestions—the Forno Piombo Santino, the Fontana Firenze, and the Gozney—and would love to listen to yours! Please ship them to me at [email protected]. I’m additionally going to speak to some pizza folks and I’ll report out the findings … and my resolution.
Whereas I am in a pizza way of thinking, listed below are a few of our hottest pizza recipes:
And a few of our pizza gear:
- For those who’re making pizza in your oven, you wish to crank it as much as the best temperature and pre-heat a cooking floor—we like forged iron or ceramic.
- I exploit a chef’s knife for chopping pizza, however I’ve been instructed scissors are the hack. These scissors, designed by Dreamfarm particularly for pizza, are nice at what they do. (I’m not a gadget individual, however Dreamfarm is at all times successful us over with their good designs.)
A e-newsletter that I’m appreciating: Blackbird Spyplane (it’s not new; I’m late to the get together.) It’s about tradition, model, and journey. And it often covers dwelling items, as in this deep-dive (which can be nice however I used to be too thrifty to do a paid subscription and see the total factor). One of the best half is its founders’ (Jonah Weiner and Erin Wylie) writing kinds—self-amused, off-kilter, like they’re amped up on caffeine and laughing fuel. As my husband, who’s explicit about prose, mentioned, they ‘had me at “heinousness and bogosity.’”
My favourite Christmas reward this yr: By accident Wes Anderson Adventures by Wally and Amanda Koval—a visible web page turner of locations all over the world that seem like they belong in a Wes Anderson film.
Okay, I’m off to scrub dishes and set the desk—have an incredible week!
Amanda
Earlier than beginning Food52 with Merrill, I used to be a meals author and editor on the New York Instances. I’ve written a number of books, together with “Cooking for Mr. Latte” and “The Important New York Instances Cookbook.” I performed myself in “Julie & Julia” — hope you did not blink, or you could have missed the scene! I dwell in Brooklyn with my husband, Tad, and twins, Walker and Addison.
