Saturday, November 20, 2010 Pizza Night Was Fan-Friggin'-Tastic!

If you have not yet watched the Pizza Night video featuring music by Revolution Pariah take a moment to soak it all in.

The pizza that you see is Mexican in nature, in honor of Marc's going to live south of the border. But the best part of Pizza Night was the infinite variety! Someone brought a Thanksgiving feast to place on the pizza crust, someone brought fennel, pear and balsamic. I'd made sauce, salsa, bruschetta, bacon, pepperoni, chicken, mushrooms. I spent all day prepping toppings. But if you want to have a pizza party you can totally simplify! Have your guests bring toppings, buy pre-chopped veggies and meats. Pizza night is totally doable!

Don't want to make the dough? Buy the dough! Buy the ready made crusts! This is the perfect way to dabble in dinner parties. Stick your toe in and find you love it!

Marc and I made the dough the day before and I quickly developed a system for delivering the perfect crust. In a 500 degree oven I started each pie on a metal pizza tray (it has holes in it, probably helps get the hot air to the underside). After 8 minutes or so they were cooked enough to slide onto a hot pizza stone. That really crisped up the crust! Unbelievably tasty! Best pizza I've had in a long time - and I'm not just saying that because I made it.

Chicken and bacon was my favorite combination! Being allergic to non-organic chicken I've never had the pleasure of having it on a pizza. Outstanding! The chicken and mushroom was also tasty. They were all tasty, who am I kidding?

And the dessert pizza?!?! Cherry Butter, White Chocolate Cream Cheese and Almonds! To die for!

So, listen! Go for it! Throw your own Pizza Night! And send me the pictures! headbanginghostess@gmail.com

Bang on, my peeps!

-HH

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Tomorrow Night is Pizza Night!

Marc and I spent the afternoon making dough. And I just realized the plastic is stuck to the dough when I took this picture. Ha! Good thing I have more flour.

Tomorrow I will prep a slew of toppings - sauce, salsa, meats, cheeses, veggies. I have a few fabulous ideas, but we'll have plenty of dough. We'll be able to make pretty much anything people want. The bonus is my friend Stacy's brother will be bringing his culinary skills to the (pizza) stone. So that's a wild card. But, of course, dessert is already planned in my head :)

The best part of tomorrow will actually be Friday when I get to work on the video featuring Revolution Pariah! I am most excited.

Stay tuned!

-HH

Monday, November 1, 2010 Living Without a Fridge

It's been over a week now that my refrigerator has been on life support. It's plugged in but it's not capable of making ice,I don't even trust it to keep our food at a safe temperature. We've shoved a few bags of ice in to keep it cold. I keep my milk for my morning tea in the freezer and the rest of the time we have to eat out.

I live in a good neighborhood for this. Within walking distance I have a deli/pizzeria, a burger joint, another pizzeria and a bar/restaurant. I'm not going to starve. I can get Chinese delivered and, of course, more pizza.

I haven't been able to cook! Why cook if you have nowhere to put the left overs? And there's always left overs. That's part of what led me into this. It's easier to cook for a bunch of people than for two people. Forced into this brief hiatus I'm working on long term goals for The Headbanging Hostess as well as securing new music!

I reached out half-way across the country to Revolution Pariah and am pleased as fucking punch that they agreed to let me use one of their songs. Check them out!

Fueled by their positive response I'll be reaching out to more bands across the country. Why not?

Bang on, my peeps!! I'll be cooking up a storm again before you know it!

-HH

Sunday, October 31, 2010 Big News!!!

I am thrilled to announce Revolution Pariah from Oklahoma City has agreed to let me use one of their songs in a future video!

This is awesome. Once again I literally reached out to a band of strangers and got a positive response. How reassuring it is to know there are humans out there who don't suck.

And they don't. One day I sat down with localbandnetwork.com and clicked on bands until something struck me. Revolution Pariah struck me right upside the fuckin' head. Loved them instantly.

Please check them out on myspace.

And stayed tuned for one kick-ass video!

-HH