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Facelift for S and J’s Woodfired Pizza

March 9, 2016 By Jonathan

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Welcome to our new website!!!

It’s a refreshing new look for Atlanta’s Premier Wood-fired Pizza Caterer. Along with our new look, is a new commitment by me, Jonathan, to bring you closer to S and J’s, with a renewed commitment to our blog.  Over the next few weeks, I will release some exciting new information about our personal chef services, our seed starting for the Spring, our garden makeover, new menu items, and more….chef with chef special pizza

 

One of the biggest developments over the Winter has been the development of our 2016 schedule.  Days have filled up faster than anytime before.  We have bookings all the way into 2017.  We have also confirmed our market schedule for this year.  Please check out our schedule here. If wood-fired pizza has been on your mind contact us now before it’s too late.

Filed Under: Getting To Know The Chefs, Letters To The People

Down to Earth

July 5, 2012 By Jonathan

After two years of not so quiet observation of my lack of lawn, grass, beauty, and life in our backyard, SJ and I took to the dirt.  Out went the scraggles of what some may call bermuda grass and in came a dump truck full of 22 year old Dekalb County compost.  I lost count of how many times I wheeled compost, gravel and brick to our backyard.  After 12 hours of labor and a few weeks of planning, our babies, organic vegetable and flower seeds, were in the ground.  I purchased seeds from Botanical Interest including, tomatoes, squash, zucchini, melons, basil, cucumbers, corn, beans, marigolds and nasturtiums.

As human beings have become “more civilized” and “more efficient”, we have lost the will and ability to care for ourselves.  We rely increasing more on the talents of others, mostly machines, to provide for our daily needs.  As my interest in food has evolved over the years, it continues to come back to the Earth, to the roots, to the beginning.  The ability to cultivate your family’s own food supply, while all the time controlling the quality and methods of which it is grown, is a talent that is incredibly under appreciated.  People agonize over the side effects of drugs and the cost of healthcare but don’t stop the think about what goes into producing fruits and vegetables that cost less than $1/lb. What cost cutting methods are used and when does that cost catch back up with us?

With one of our first steps at going all natural, I present the Seyfred Family Farm

 

Filed Under: Getting To Know The Chefs, Letters To The People

Fungi Farmer #2

June 16, 2012 By Jonathan

Dare I say that I have embarked on part Deux of shitake log inoculation.  With the recent find of a few down oak trees at our pool, I decided to take advantage.  No reason for one of those trees to not continue to be useful.  Doug Mims helped me saw them up into 3-4′ sections, and I hauled them home.  The great thing about this is the timing.  It is almost 6 months since I inoculated my first set of logs.  It will be interesting to see if the warm weather strain does better on logs inoculated in winter or summer.  Also, the newer logs looked a little fresher and cleaner in terms of other growth on the bark.

Check out these pics. On the left is the inoculation date and mushroom spore type.  On the right, my stack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see…

no shitake growth yet.  We are still early, but doesn’t this wood get you excited.

Filed Under: Getting To Know The Chefs, Letters To The People

Gotta Love ’em

March 30, 2012 By Jonathan

S and J’s Woodfired Pizza has a new team for 2012.  Sarah and I have hired a full-time and part-time employee to help us sling the best pizza in Atlanta.  We are so excited to roll out our new team.  We know you will love them too.  Here is a little info about our new members.

Brent Sandel is our new full-time pizza cook/oven man.  Many of you will recognize him as the front man for STD (Sailing to Denver), his band. Others of you may recognize him as an occasional member of our 2011 crew.  Brent has been an awesome addition since day one, as we have gelled in both our work ethics and our concepts of food.  We are hoping to further increase our partnership as Brent is starting his first year of organic farming on his family’s land north of Atlanta.

Kristi Bledsoe is our new part-time pizza cook.  She will be joining us in April, and we are stoked.  Sarah and I hired Kristi after a day full of interviews and pizza tossing.  She is fast, energetic and most of all really likes our concept on food.  Kristi is about to turn 25 years old and is photgraphy student at GSU.  In her spare time, she likes to work on her photography skills and create short films.

We can’t wait to show off our new crew.  Our weekly markets start in April.  So get ready!!!

Filed Under: Getting To Know The Chefs, Letters To The People

Power to the People

February 17, 2012 By Jonathan

Great news.  We learned this week that Chestnut Charter Elementary was awarded the state grant that they applied for earlier this year.  Not only is Uncle Sam opening his pocket for a school but also a school with a good cause in mind.  The grant focuses on teaching kids about where their food comes from, eating locally, and showing them all the steps from seed to plate.  With a greater knowledge of food, hopefully children can make good food choices also.  S and J’s Woodfired Pizza will be bringing our oven to the Chesnut Elementary Field Day in May serving up fresh hot pizza topped with veggies from local D & A Farms.  Not only that but the ecology class will be donating herbs from their garden allowing them to teach their peers on the process.

In coming up with the idea for this grant application, S and J’s Woodfired Pizza was contacted about being a part of the event.  I was very excited and thought it was a great idea.   I am glad the government did also.  It is nice to see the power of the people in action.  Check out the grant in the attachment if you want anymore info.  Chesnut Elementary Grant App

Officially Stoked

Filed Under: Events, Getting To Know The Chefs, Letters To The People

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