by ben@ben-smith.net | Aug 29, 2014 | Uncategorised
Pizza’s simple. Good ingredients on good bread. We’re proud to source our tomatoes from the lovely people at The Tomato Stall on the Isle of Wight. Ripened on the vine, picked at their peak, with varieties selected for flavour not yield –...
by ben@ben-smith.net | Aug 12, 2014 | Uncategorised
Everyone loves the summer At least that’s what I used to think but it turns out I was wrong. Our dough hates it. With ‘cold’ tap water above 22ºC and night temperatures remaining in the 20s there’s been nowhere to hide. We’ve always walked the...
by ben@ben-smith.net | Jul 22, 2014 | Uncategorised
Moving house is stressful, moving a house come pizzeria more so. But what better antidote than a stroll in the countryside, particularly if it’s brought to life by a true naturalist (I’m hoping that’s an expert in fauna and flora rather than someone with a liberal...
by ben@ben-smith.net | May 29, 2014 | Uncategorised
500 pizzas in and we’re starting to find our rhythm In the words of McDonalds The learning curve’s been steep, steep and damp, so much for the start of the British summer, but we’re lovin’ it. We’ve carried each other through the 3am starts, the repeated...
by ben@ben-smith.net | May 28, 2014 | Uncategorised
Bertha’s been feeling a little left out since the Berthamobile came on the scene, so to make up for the lack of action we thought we’d experiment with some hot smoking. We had an event down in Dorset over the weekend and to link in with the local seafood festival we...
by ben@ben-smith.net | Apr 27, 2014 | Uncategorised
Friday morning was cold. Cold and damp. We’d not lit the fire in weeks and she was sulking. The rain got heavier as I carried the logs over to the Landy and my t-shirt clung to my back – even the northerner in me was starting to concede this was a poor choice of...
