Jun 20 2010
May 16 2010
Sawyer James Tate has arrived
Sawyer James Tate was born about noon on Friday, May 14th 2010
Nov 14 2009
Walnut oil pizza
The Pizza Dough
3/4 cup of water
1 tsp of yeast
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of molasses
1 Tb of walnut oil
1/4 cup of ground flax meal
1/4 cup of rolled barley
1-3/4 cups of bread flour
Pizza Toppings
Walnut oil, parmesan cheese, chopped garlic, shredded cheddar cheese, crushed whole tomatoes & fresh mozzarella cheese

Oct 04 2009
Fletcher’s Birthday Pizza
This is a 2 layer Pizza

The Pizza Dough
1-1/2 cups of water
2 tsp of yeast
2 tsp of salt
2 tsp of honey
2 Tb of olive oil
1/4 cup of ground flax meal
4 cups of bread flour
divide dough in half and roll out both.
The Pizza Construction
Bottom Layer: parmesan cheese, pepperoni, jack and cheddar
Top Layer: parmesan cheese, jack and cheddar, sausage & sauce, chopped galic, slices of fresh mozzerella
Aug 15 2009
Pickle Dog is picked up
Well 819 photo’s were actually entered and 112 were accepted, just not pickle dog, so time to start work on next years photo.
Aug 08 2009
Pickle Dog is dropped off
Well today I dropped off Pickle Dog at the Fine Arts Bldg.
Now I wait, I will know by Thursday or Friday if I am in or not.
According to a sign I saw when I dropped off the photo this morning there are 1019 entries for photography this year, that’s about a 100 more than last year.
Jun 21 2009
Pickle Dog
Well I have decided, it will be ‘Pickle Dog’ for my entry to the State Fair Fine Arts Competition this year.
I’ve ordered the frame and mat from PictureFrames.com, it should look like this

when it arrives in about a week. I haven’t ordered from their site for a couple of years, a new feature that is really cool is that you can upload your photo and preview how it will look in the mat and frame, or at least it should look like this, I won’t know for certain till it arrives.
May 17 2009
Grilled pesto, blue cheese & smoked mussel pizza
The Pizza Dough
3/4 cup of water
1 tsp of yeast
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of honey
1 Tb of olive oil
1/4 cup of ground flax meal
1/4 cup of buckwheat flour
1-3/4 cups of bread flour
Divide in half for 2 pizzas, put one half in the fridge for another day, the other half put in a oiled bowl, cover and let rise for an hour, roll out, grill the crust first, pull off add toppings then grill till done.
Pizza Toppings
Pesto, parmesan cheese, shredded cheddar & jack cheese, blue cheese, chopped calamata olives, smoked mussels.




May 10 2009
More on grilled pizza
The Pizza Dough
3/4 cup of water
1 tsp of yeast
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of honey
1 Tb of olive oil
1/4 cup of semolina flour
2 cups of bread flour
put in a oiled bowl, cover and let rise for an hour
then divide in 2 and roll out 2 pizzas, grill the crust first, pull off add toppings then grill till done.



Pizza #1 Toppings
olive oil, chopped garlic, parmesan cheese, shredded cheddar and jack cheese, sardines.

Pizza #2 Toppings
olive oil, chopped garlic, parmesan cheese, shredded cheddar and jack cheese, mozzarella and turkey pepperoni.

one thing that I learned with pizza #2 is the chunks of mozzarella have to be much smaller, melting the cheese without burning the crust was a challenge.



