Posts Tagged ‘pesto’

Pizza People are fierce about their pizza, taking sides in heated, generations-long arguments regarding thick, thin—crispy, chewy. But all that territorial debate goes out the window if you make someone a pizza from scratch in your home. It’s like coaxing a wild animal into submission, sitting someone down in front of such a miraculous, inventive [...]

I’d already ordered a half pound of Cabrales at Pittsburgh’s Penn Mac deli when I asked the nice counterperson to recommend the best cheese for grilled cheese sandwiches. I think my cheese cred, established by selecting a smelly gooey bleu, pushed her beyond suggestiong cheddar to the magnificent, seasonal Beemster Graskaas.