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Yesterday, Mare and I made a deluxe pizza. This one was topped with: fresh spinach, seasoned chicken, fried garlic, sliced Roma tomatoes, a sliced portobello mushroom and fresh jalapeños on half. The flavors were bold and intense and made for a savory pie.

I worked with a different lighting setup in hopes to bring you [...]

The second pizza we made in the week was the one we mentioned making the week before: the Texan-style pizza.

Instead of marinara, we used barbeque sauce. Two of the toppings shown here are sliced white onions and sliced fresh jalapeños. The seeds were removed before putting them on the pie to reduce the fire.
The other [...]

Before the big server meltdown that kept me from uploading these photos, Mare and I made two pizzas last week. Now that everything is stable again around here, last week’s ‘Zas of the Week can finally be posted.
Here’s the first one. It was a simple pie.

Black olives sliced in half, sliced pepperoni, and fried garlic.

Assembled [...]

We made this week’s ‘za on Tuesday. I must say it was one of the better ones we’ve made lately. The fried garlic contributed to its uniqueness, and the blend of fresh toppings plus a little extra sauce on the crust made for the tastiness.

The toppings (clockwise from top-left): black olives pitted and sliced in [...]

The writers at Modern Soapbox enjoy wine. We recently received an offer to enjoy exclusive, small-batch wine from one of America’s leading wine clubs, the Gold Medal Wine Club of California.
The wine was package very securely with Styrofoam fit for the bottles. Included in the shipment were: two bottles of wine, a gift card and [...]

We put together another pizza tonight. I believe this is going to be an ongoing event since we have an enjoyable, relaxing time assembling these delicious pies.

This one was topped with: sliced pepperoni, sliced ham, a sliced portobello mushroom, half of a red onion sliced, and chopped garlic.
The before photos:

Stretched, sauced, topped and ready to [...]

Last week, Mare & I made yet another delicious pizza.
This one involved:

a portobello and onion marinara sauce
a fresh portobello cap, sliced
half of a Mayan sweet onion, sliced
freshly-grated garlic
pepperoni, sliced thin
a blend of pizza cheese

Here are a couple pictures before the pie went in the oven:

Already looking tasty

A close-up of the fresh toppings piled thick
Here [...]