"Mauled" Wine & Pizza

I had a great evening with my friend G this past Friday.  We made my first pizza ever containing quintessentials including - Trader Joe's garlic seasoned dough, prosciutto,  Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, Mozzarella string cheese, basil, tomato sauce and onions. I am very excited to try making pizza again - though note to self - when spreading the dough out on to the pizza pan use a handful of patience and a rolling pin. I have a whole string of future pizzas ready to be made - I'm sure these future pizzas can be a tribute to the variety of pizzas I have devoured in recent years. Here is a short-list of ideas: Feta-corn-basil,  Pesto-basil, Prosuitto-egg (egg baked on top of the pizza at the minute), Manchego-corn, Sliced Tomato-fresh slices of mozzarella-basil, Mushroom (inclusive of  3 varieties of mushrooms )-cilantro.  

Along with our scrumptious pizza we made mulled wine which included the likes of a bottle of the two buck chuck, 2 cinnamon sticks, cloves, orange zest, lemon zest, one juiced orange, 2 tablespoons of honey and a small individual bottle of Martinelli's apple cider courtesy of the Linked-In kitchen.  The wine came out nicely - My only annoyance came from the total of 5 -7 cloves that mysteriously floating in my mug throughout the course of the night. 

I just wanted to thank G for the good times shared at her home a many multiple times in 2008 as I was going through my quarter-life crisis.  I learned that we can sometimes take a step away from the stress of life's questions, kick back and enjoy silly times.  With those silly times, serious pieces of conversation are sprinkled about.  All I want to say to G is: Best wishes in the next 4 months!  You are a rare bird!  Don't compare yourself to anyone ...