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My love of people, photography and the world began as a child. My family moved a lot and taking pictures was my way of remembering friends, capturing special places or moments and holding them close. Becoming a wife and a mother has always been a dream of mine and I count my blessings daily. I started this blog shortly after our daughter, Yaya joined our family through the blessing of adoption. Its purpose was to share pictures and stories about our life with family and friends. Later, it shared our adoption journey to our second daughter, Baby Bird as well. Now that our family is complete I like to think of it as our family’s journal or life book. I'm passionate about life, my family and preserving our history one snapshot at a time. The thing that amazes me most is the abundance of beauty God blesses us with every day and in the simplest ways if only we take the time to slow down and appreciate them.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Pizza 101

A few months back I wrote this post on a pasta making class my friend, Kristina and I attended. We had such a blast we decided we had to go back for more. In fact, we've signed up for all the classes. Our third class is to be held this weekend and I just realized I've not posted any pictures from our pizza making class.
 
We made our own pizza dough and took it home to rise. The staff planned ahead and made dough for each person attending to allow the right amount of time for it to rise before our class. Below, you can see us patting out our dough into a circle before we roll it out. Check out the look on our chef's face in the picture with me. I would love to know what he was thinking! LOL
Then again, maybe not.
Did you know that you should lift the dough and pinch the edge to form the edge or crust?
Kristina learns the fine art of getting her pizza on the giant pizza spatula.
What do you mean we're not supposed to lick the sauce from the ladle?
By George I think we've got it!
 
Photo op with Chef Bruno while my pizza's in the pizza oven.
Our Masterpieces.
Time for a taste test...
Oh, how the flavors took me back to my first pizza in Italy. I felt much like Gusteau must have when he tasted the ratatouille from his childhood in the animated movie, Ratatouille.
Yeah, the pizza was that good!
Couldn't forget the wine with our dinner.
Bottoms up!
Chef Bruno with his assistants.
The true test of my pizza making class didn't come til I returned home and shared it with my family. Bird's reaction was much like my own so I was thrilled!
Yaya's reaction was every bit as good if not better.
YUMMMMMY!!!

19 comments:

Rotta Family said...

OMG!! What a blast. I was thinking the same thing about the chef looking at you in that picture....He was definately intrigued. LOL. How fun for you guys to be able to take those classes. Post more.... LOL!!

Renata said...

YUM!! What a fun class! That shovel thing is huge!

Gramma 2 Many said...

Noticed the bottle was still sealed!! Wouldn't they let you open it?
How fun to have a girls night out.

Susie said...

You do the coolest thing:-)

Gina said...

OK, I'm coming over. How long do you think you can keep it warm?

Rowena said...

Yeah what is that guy thinking??? What a great time with the girls and hamming it up with the chefs. When will you open your own pizzeria? ;-)

Mummy McTavish said...

YUMMO! That looks like so much fun!

cat said...

Oh that looks yummy -great photos and why is that bottle not open?

Danyele Easterhaus said...

looks super duper fun and yummy! i wondered if any of those classes could be happy and fun...and now i know!

Debra Kaye said...

This looks like so much fun, my friend. Thank you for your sweet comment on my blog....tears a streamin....happens more and more often these days! haha

I love ya! Happy Wednesday!

Rebecca Jo said...

WOW.. didnt even know they had classes for something like that... too cool!!!

I'd totally be putting a straw in the marinara sauce... eating the cheese by the handfuls... eating pepperonis.. wouldnt be much to put ON the pizza by the time it got to that!

Anonymous said...

Now that looks like FUN.
Something I'd love to do.
:)

Wisconsin Girl said...

Yummy is right! So much fun! Those classes look great and your family gets to reap the benefits! Thanks for sharing!

Nichole said...

Mmm..that looks really good. And fun too!



PS - word verification is: sperm

what the?!?!?

Susan said...

That pizza looks so awesome! How fun to do something so fun like learning to cook with a real chef.

Bird said...

Please bring me some tasty pizza and fruita de mare like the last few times. Bird

Bird said...

Please bring some tasty pizza and fruita de mare like the last few times. You sure on a talented chef.

Bird

Nancy said...

Ok...now I'm hungry!

Prudence Arcadia said...

I just KNOW you could have put away that bottle! Or at least i could help you.

That looks SO yummy and so much fun to do! If I were there I would definitely gone to that class!