A long, strange trip

Back in college, I got hooked on a delivery place for (usually) late-night post-drinking munchies. D.P. Dough made several different kinds of calzones. My favorite was the Buffalo Zone (later renamed the Buff Zone, for reasons beyond my understanding). It was, unsurprisingly, a calzone stuffed with buffalo chicken. I ordered that much more often than I care to remember. Now, I'm nowhere near a D.P. Dough, and I've yet to find a place that sells a calzone that matches it. One of the upsides of cooking for yourself is you can make something just the way you want it. Back when we were still in Chicago, that's exactly what we did.  Usually, Stacey takes point on the calzones. But Stacey went back to Liverpool today, so I'm left on my own. Helpfully, Stacey left some dough behind from the pumpkin pizza she made last week, so I had all I needed to make a calzone on my own.  Wow, OK, this picture's not as good as I hoped. In front is a ricotta mixture, wi...

Wow, so while trying to post a blog via Blogger on the iPhone, I somehow managed to delete the previous post about my cooking. That's really annoying. So, as I said earlier today, I've been cooking more often with Stacey taking classes. Tonight, while Stacey was sick in bed, I made some things. Dinner tonight was pretty simple: baked penne. I was low on sauce, so I only put it as the top layer. I cooked about three servings of whole wheat penne and placed a layer on the bottom of the pyrex. The bottom layer got covered with some crushed red pepper, hot sauce and cheddar and mozzarella cheeses. Another layer of penne followed, which got covered in marinara sauce and more cheese. Stacey said it needed some oregano and some basil. We live, we learn. And after dinner: I think this was some of my best work. I through in some cinnamon, and it really popped. Hope everyone enjoyed their dinner. If you're near Queens and you want some chocolate chip cookies, stop o...