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CNYEats A Taste of Utica Fresh Tomato Calzones

A folded over pizza by any other name. Meat or meatless, both versions offered here. Posted by Mario, on page 133 of our book A Taste of Utica Serves 4 These come out much better if they are cooked on a baking stone, or oil a large cookie sheet, not the insulated sheets (like airbake) for this recipe 1 lb pizza dough 3/4 lb ground beef, sausage, or pepperoni 4 to 5 fresh tomatoes, coarsely chopped 1 hot pepper (cherry pepper), fine chopped 10 – 12 fresh basil leaves, chopped grated Romano cheese (about 2 to 3 oz,or to taste) [...]

By Joanne|2011-09-10T20:00:00-04:00September 11, 2011|Taste of Utica|4 Comments

Challenges and Breakfast Pizza with Multi Grain Crust

Saturday, we leave for Boston. Wow! I can’t believe it’s already here. Just weeks ago, I was running while fighting the flu, trying to convince myself that it was “mental training” while deep inside I knew it was just foolish. I made it through and here I am, packing and getting ready to run in a race I’ve watched on my computer for the past two years. I never imagined I’d be in it! AWESOME! When the training gets tough and tiresome, weeks before a race, I tell myself that I never have to go through it again. “Just finish this [...]

By Joanne|2011-04-15T05:04:33-04:00April 15, 2011|Breakfast ideas|4 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Tommy’s Lentil Pizza

In our special cook book A Taste of Utica on page 117, there is unique recipe for pizza. This pizza is LOADED with all sorts of goodness and flavor. It screams healthy, fulfilling, and taste-terrific food. Posted by Jo Giacovelli…”I sat down with Tom and here is the recipe for Lentil Pizza as he told it to me.” *Note: I believe there is a misprint in the book regarding the flour quantity for the 16” pizza crust. I changed the white flour quantity from 1 cup to 2 cups because, given the amount of water used, 3 PLUS cups of [...]

By Joanne|2011-04-03T15:58:41-04:00April 3, 2011|Taste of Utica|3 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica: Tomato Pie

A Utica classic. Tomato Pie. It’s not quite a pizza. Most of the time we eat it cold. It’s almost ALWAYS seen at parties. It’s so, so good! From Wikipedia: A unique food that is popular in Central New York (Utica, NY). Tomato pie is a pizza-like food that is common in Italian-American families. It is usually served at room temperature, not hot. This “tomato pie” is not made with fresh tomatoes and the name “pie” most likely derives from the term pizza pie. The basic recipe features pizza dough covered with thick tomato sauce, then sprinkled with grated Romano [...]

By Joanne|2011-03-27T14:32:57-04:00March 27, 2011|Taste of Utica|5 Comments

CEimB: Mushroom Onion Basil Pizza

And she did it HER way. This week was my pick for Craving Ellie. Pizza! You can buy a 10 oz pre baked thin pizza crust or you can make your own. Let’s go all the way here and make our own. If you have a bread maker, simply add the following ingredients in the order your bread maker’s manufacturer suggests. Otherwise, it’s really easy to make the dough from scratch using your hands, very little muscle and a clean countertop. To make 2 Lbs of Pizza Dough *For the Ellie recipe, you may only need 1/2 pound to get [...]

By Joanne|2010-11-03T16:18:04-04:00November 4, 2010|CEimB|14 Comments

Point 12 from goal run and Grilling Pizza

It was such an easy, relaxed run on Friday, it left me really looking forward to another run Saturday morning. My legs were restless all day, longing to hit the road again. What happens to that excitement during the 6 1/2 hours of sleeping? It was 5:30 and my eyes were open. I looked across the room towards the window. It was just beginning to show the morning light. “Grrr…I should get up and run. Ted’s in the bathroom. Wish he’d hurry up and get outta there”. Shane knows I’m awake and starts to whine and fuss. The bathroom is [...]

By Joanne|2010-08-14T11:13:55-04:00August 14, 2010|Food thoughts, Quick Meals, Running|10 Comments