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Tag: pizza

  • I let the elder kid choose her lunch. She chose a pizza so huge that each slice is larger than her entire face. Needless to say, she needed a little help with it!

    Full image of Two preteen children sit in front of an enormous pepperoni pizza.
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    Two preteen children sit in front of an enormous pepperoni pizza.

    • Note
    • 3 comments
    • posted 26 May, 2026
  • A small wood fire burns inside an outdoor brick pizza oven.

    Wood-Fired

    This year's 3Camp venue had a wood-fired pizza oven, so I signed-up for a shift of cooking for my fellow volunteers and thoroughly enjoyed making and baking a monumental amount of dough.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (615 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 2 April, 2026
  • There was no mixing bowl in the house large enough to make enough pizza dough to feed all of the Three Rings volunteers present at this year's 3Camp, so I just had to pour out all the ingredients onto the surface and work from there.

    Full image of Dan, a white man with a ponytail of blue hair and a goatee beard, uses his hands to gather a huge pile of flour on a marble worksurface in a spacious kitchen.
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    Dan, a white man with a ponytail of blue hair and a goatee beard, uses his hands to gather a huge pile of flour on a marble worksurface in a spacious kitchen.

    • Note
    • posted 1 April, 2026
  • An attractive Cotswold-stone converted barn with a gravel driveway and a broad grassy lawn.

    A Hundred Inconveniences

    It's F-Day plus 31, and our flood-disrupted lives have become defined by the hundred or so daily inconveniences that are imposed by our accidentally-nomadic lifestyle. Here's hoping we can sort-out some more stable accommodation sometime soon!

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    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 16 March, 2026
  • Image representing post: Who Is the Winking Chef?

    Who Is the Winking Chef?

    Scott Wiener - who is even more pizza-obsessed than me - noticed the 'winking chef' image that's common on pizza boxes. Then he traced its origin, and wrote a blog post to share the story of the artwork. Delightful.

    Read more (212 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 27 January, 2026
  • On a white plate on a kitchen table, a knife is about to make a first cut to slice a quesapizza that's topped with tomato, cheese, a baked egg, and chilli flakes.

    Quesapizza-pizza

    A quesapizza is a quesadilla, but made using pizza ingredients: not just cheese, but also a tomato sauce and maybe some toppings. A quesapizza-pizza is a pizza... constructed using a quesapizza as its base! Watch me make one in a 90-second timelapse.

    Read more (97 words)

    • Article
    • posted 31 July, 2025
  • Breakfast today will make use of leftovers to produce a bean chilli pizza. This'll work, right?

    Full image of Pizza built with bean chilli and mixed grated cheese, ready to go into an oven.
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    Pizza built with bean chilli and mixed grated cheese, ready to go into an oven.

    Update: yeah. This works.😋

    Full image of Finished pizza, looking delicious.
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    Finished pizza, looking delicious.

    • Note
    • posted 2 March, 2025
  • Sooo... I'm in Dublin.

    I missed me flight at Knock airport, which turns out to have been the only plane leaving that tiny airport today. So I arranged a flight from Dublin tomorrow, extended my car rental and arranged to drop it off in the capital's airport instead, and zipped over here.

    Full image of Two pints of Guinness on a candlelit table.
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    Two pints of Guinness on a candlelit table.

    Now I'm in an underlit bar sipping a Guinness and waiting for a pizza.

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 27 November, 2024
  • After a morning of optimising a nonprofit's reverse proxy configuration, I feel like I've earned my lunch! Four cheese, mushroom and jalapeño quesapizzas, mmm...

    Full image of Gas stovetop.a frying pan contains a tortilla wrap topped with tomato sauce, cheese, mushrooms, and jalapeños. Beside its a plate containing a completed quesapizza: two crispy tortilla wraps sandwiching their contents.
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    Gas stovetop.a frying pan contains a tortilla wrap topped with tomato sauce, cheese, mushrooms, and jalapeños. Beside its a plate containing a completed quesapizza: two crispy tortilla wraps sandwiching their contents.

    • Note
    • posted 8 November, 2024
  • Found GC2GR3Z The Brass Bands of MK - Secklow Brass

    This checkin to GC2GR3Z The Brass Bands of MK - Secklow Brass reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I've been working in Milton Keynes the tail end of this week while my kids attend a ski camp at the X-scape centre. While eating my lunch today I came out for …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC2GR3Z
    • posted 29 August, 2024
  • Really really appreciate the warning sign at the pizza place I came to for lunch today.

    Full image of Commercial pizza oven with a decorative sign reading: really really hot.
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    Commercial pizza oven with a decorative sign reading: really really hot.

    • Note
    • posted 29 August, 2024
  • A circle of pizza dough on a worktop, a rolling pin atop it.

    [Bloganuary] Pizza

    Would I like a snack? I certainly would. Can it be pizza, please?

    Read more - about 4 minutes (820 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 12 January, 2024
  • Pizza in an oven, fire raging behind and jumping onto the floor of the oven.

    Further Lessons in Wood-Fired Pizza

    Dan makes another attempt at cooking pizza in his wood-fired oven. It turns out better than last time, and he learns a lot.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (748 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 25 January, 2021
  • Pizza on fire in oven.

    How Not to use A Pizza Oven

    Dan gets a wood-fired oven for his birthday and immediately uses it to destroy several pieces of cookware. Made tasty pizza, though!

    Read more - about 3 minutes (487 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 8 January, 2021
  • Image representing post: Man makes money buying his own pizza on DoorDash app

    Man makes money buying his own pizza on DoorDash app

    Dan comments on and summarises a news story that's got it all: screen scraping, pizza, venture capital, loophole exploitation, pizza, tech startups, and pizza.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (584 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 20 May, 2020

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