by ben@ben-smith.net | Jul 20, 2013 | Uncategorised
A second topping post following on from last weekend’s firing, this one slightly more traditional, a margherita with spicy nduja sausage or as I prefer to call it, the Isle of Wight Ninja. I picked up some stunning Isle of Wight tomatoes from the market, crushed...
by ben@ben-smith.net | Jul 20, 2013 | Uncategorised
I’ve long been a fan of the Serious Eats pizza blog, Slice and in particular their Top This feature which in their own words “show[s] you how to replicate unusually topped restaurant pies at home”. Now I’m a pie fan but a pie to me is prefaced...
by ben@ben-smith.net | Jun 16, 2013 | Uncategorised
Well, not quite, more Return to the Pizza Jedis, but Ealing certainly felt like a galaxy far, far away from North London. It’d been ages since we’d been to Santa Maria, too long, but Ealing is a bit of a mission. It always took something special for me to...
by ben@ben-smith.net | May 24, 2013 | Uncategorised
There’s something deeply satisfying about ordering the whole menu. No faff, no compromise. Simple. We’ll just have it all. I’ve only managed this on a couple of occasions, normally it’s practically, financially and gastric…ly unfeasible. It’s also rare, even for...
by ben@ben-smith.net | Apr 21, 2013 | Uncategorised
Feels like we’ve had several seasons worth of weather condensed into the last couple of weeks. Last time I wrote I was making pizzas in the snow wearing all the layers I own and yesterday was well and truly shorts and t-shirt weather – has spring finally...
