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We have a daughter who has excelled at pizza making.  When she gets going, dinner is always fun.  Now that the weather is warm, we are moving outside and claiming the barbecue as our pizza oven. Here are her secrets and tools. Pizza stones and steels are the flat surfaces upon which you will cook your pie – they both work.  Steels get hotter than stones, so the pizza cooks 30% faster, needs careful watching to avoid overcooking, and the crust will be crispier than on a stone.  Cook’s Illustrated suggests preheating a pizza steel on a pizza stone to...

Decadent bowls of pasta, roasted vegetables in every color of the rainbow, crumbles and cobblers bursting with fruit: The cooking ethos of Half Baked Harvest’s Tieghan Gerard is built on comfort food starring seasonal ingredients. It’s this philosophy—along with her magnetic photos and surprisingly easy recipes—that have turned her blog into a household name in the foodie world and helped her get two cookbooks under her belt. But what about those days where Gerard needs something quick? That’s where Trader Joe’s comes in.  We peeked at the food blogger’s TJ’s shopping list and, no surprise, it’s full of ideas for...