Posts Tagged ‘cheese’

All About Pizza!!!

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

PizzaThe term pizza covers a lot of territory. If you want to learn all about pizzas, then you should have a bit of a background on pizzas: specifically the history of pizza, pizza origin, pizza facts, and even pizza trivia such as who invented pizza. The subject also delves into the different types and styles of pizzas. The varieties currently existing defy any attempts at enumeration. Thus, most people who attempt such a task stop at a broad categorization of pizza types according to certain attributes such as crust thickness, crust elasticity, crust baking and cooking procedures, toppings, etc. Aside from general, historical or trivial information, other things are of interest to the pizza lovers. For instance, homemade pizza enthusiasts would like to know certain tips and tricks for making pizza. This includes pizza making techniques, the best pizza crust recipes, pizza toppings, homemade pizza sauce, etc. Some other interesting topics will be frozen pizza dough and where best to attain them, what are the criteria for choosing the, what are the methods for preparing them, etc. (more…)

Pasta Puttanesca

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Pasta Puttanesca is an Italian dish popular for its savory and delectable flavor. it is made from a variety of ingredients which includes black olives, pepper, olive oil, tomatoes, garlic and anchovy.

The name “Puttanesca” comes from an Italian term which means prostitute or whore. According to culinary historians, this term was given to the dish because of its spicy and hot flavor. Another accounts suggests that the name comes from the fact that the dish was easy and very quick to prepare. (more…)

Gibanica (Guzvara)

Friday, January 30th, 2009
Image source: funkhauseuropa

Image source: funkhauseuropa

A wonderful phyllo/cheese dish, classic among Serbs. Gibanitsa (pronounced GEE-ba-nee-tsa), or guzvara (GUZH-va-ra) You can also add some farmer cheese to your cheese mixture. It adds great flavor.

It’s pretty cheap and simple!

Not for low-cal dieters! ;-) (more…)


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