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Tried some inclusions this time. I cut the dough into three, and added chives and roasted garlic and marinated mixed olives in two of them. Left the other plain. The olive one is good, but I’m thinking the oil may have affected it. Seems a little gummy. Could have need a longer bulk ferment, or they got a little deflated from added the inclusions. More experimento I guess.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake for my aunt Joyce’s birthday. She is shocked I used a fresh pineapple 😁. I guess she never thought of it 🤷‍♀️

Tried King Arthur’s recipe of the year. Pretty tasty pizza, laminated dough is different. Something to do when I don’t want to get the Ooni out.

Chicken soup from a Costco rotisserie chicken.

More sourdough. Tried a little different method and made a levain the night before.

Kenji’s Pork Chile Verde and pickled onions. Trader Joe’s Spanish rice, cabbage salad and avocado. Margarita too.

Finished off my Dungeness. Grilled crab sandwich with provolone. It was a much better price than Nick’s in Pacifica. They are up to $60 a sandwich 😵‍💫.

New Year’s Eve dinner. Splurged and bought two pounds of Dungeness Crab. Made garlic bread from a leftover loaf of my sourdough, and popped a bottle of Mumm’s. Leftovers will be a grilled crab sandwich.

The extent of my Christmas cooking/baking. I took this year off. Cinnamon Rolls and Blueberry Muffins. Having my Dad and cousin over for coffee and mimosas.

Grandma style pizza for Christmas Eve dinner.

Roasted garlic and rosemary sourdough. Gift for my mom’s cousin.

Yep, those are on my list 😊

They are professional pizza pans. They make them for all types, and I have the pans for a Sicilian style and Detroit. Being a dark metal, the bottom browns so much better. I baked a Spanokopita in it since I’ve had the worse time getting the bottom to brown and not be soggy. So brown and crunchy! Lloyd’s

King Arthur big and bubbly focaccia. It’s a great recipe. I used my Lloyds pan, and it makes a huge difference in the bottom crunch.

I was crazy taking a wedding cake right before Thanksgiving, but at least it’s done. Big cake is white almond sour cream cake with raspberry filling and vanilla buttercream. Groom’s cake is chocolate cake, dark ganache and white chocolate buttercream.