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    Pizza Fridays!

    I happen to eat a looooot of pizza. We order delivery at least once a week or we go get slices to go. Today, I decided to see how hard it is to make a home made pizza (er, how easy it is to save 10-20 bux!) I’ve dealt with yeast dough before so I figured I’d wing it and got to work. Here’s what I did: Dough Ingredients: 2c flour pinch of salt 3/4c milk 2T fresh yeast 2t honey 3-4T Olive oil   I have a super tiny kitchen that doesn’t have much work surface, so I made my dough in a bowl, but you can work on…

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    Pyzy – The Polish In Me

    When I was little, every Sunday my grandma would cook us the same dinner. No, that does not suck. It was awesome, cause it was my favorite dish. Mmm Pyzy. In case you don’t know, pyzy are pretty much steam buns, or steam noodles, similar to pot stickers, only instead of being stuffed, we serve them with gravy, some grilled meat, like chicken breast, and a side, perhaps grated carrots mixed with lemon juice and sugar. Sounds weird, I know. But it’s completely delicious and I would rather have my grandma’s home cooked dinner over.. ANYTHING else there is. So I thought I’d share her recipe. It’s not easy, for…

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    Doggy Beach – Lawrence Ave

    I have a little furball, named him Chuck Norris, cause of the hair. And it turns out kicking personality too. He barks at all dogs. He’s mad that they have their humans. Jealous dog. Morning walks can be interesting. There’s dog owners who don’t mind his loudness, there’s dog owners who… probably shouldn’t be dog owners. Hey, dogs bark. I’m a lucky Chicagoan, I live by the lake front and it makes my life so much more awesome. Two words: doggy beach. My silly dog loves it there. Long story short, as soon as I take off his leash, he zooms down the beach, picks his new best friend, and…