Dinner this evening was:
Ancho chili and dry mustard spiced thick cut bone-on pork chops with rosemary and garlic roasted red potatoes and spiced fuji apples. It was all made in the wood-fired oven and was delish. A positive step towards a broader catering menu, which I like. It all went together really well and tasted really well and was cooked really well. Great night with my baby.
What is there not to like about Fall? This is my favorite part of the year. The cooling temperatures, warming sun, lack of humidity and general feel of Fall is all I need to just enjoy every minute of it. Not to mention the awesome colors that mother nature bestows on us. I can only hope to be so pretty as I wither and grow old. I imagine I am not alone in the feeling that the 100% humidity and 100 degree temps of August in Georgia are not the reason we live here. Could the 65 and sunny degree weather of yesterday be the reason? Get outside and enjoy it.
As we continue to grow as a business and gain more experience, we have become bolder with our menu and with what we try. I love looking thru the market or really anywhere outdoors and take in the inspiration. I want people to taste Fall in our pizzas. Hence, the inspiration for our new Apple Pizza, i.e. “Apple Awesomeness”. Apples, bacon, goat feta, and a splash of pesto sings sweet fall flavors to me. Looking for something more rustic and hearty you can’t beat wood-fired roasted butternut squash. Our Squash pizza pairs, roasted butternut squash, olive oil, sage, ricotta and a touch of honey into a taste of Fall. What other fall flavors do people love? I am in the infant stages of my cooking life and I am growing and learning everyday. I would love some opinions from S & J's Woodfired Pizza fans. What do you want to see on your pizza? Get in touch with me at let us know. Or post something on our wall.
The Grant Park Farmer’s Market was crazy yesterday. We sold more pizzas at the market than we have ever sold before at a farmer’s market. I guess delicious ingredients, awesome weather and a hot ‘za are a good combination. I am glad Sarah and I thought so 18 months ago and went ahead with our dream. We feel very lucky to be a part of a great thing going on in Grant Park. The vibe at the market was awesome. How can you not be happy with sun, music, food, hoola hooping, and the smell of a fire? Oh, and I didn’t mention the marching band or the costumes. Gotta check it out.
Wow. What a month. August may have been on of the busiest months of my life. Running S & J's Woodfired Pizza on a daily basis and selling pizza to the people 5-6 times per week is awesome but tiring. There is much to do and also much to catch up on.
During the month of August, we did a few catering gigs, some festivals a lot of farmer’s markets, and oh by the way we added delivery. Delivery with a smile is the motto of some businesses but we choose to go with delivery with a golf cart. Thats right people. It was not a crazy man driving on a stolen golf cart thru Piedmont Park. It was just Jeff Cohan, our part-time delivery man and SJ’s full-time dad. With a smile and a sweaty shirt, he traveled throughout the Festival on Ponce and the Piedmont Park Arts Festival delivering hot pies to hungry artists, who otherwise would have gone hungry. With 50 deliveries in two days as the new record, even a younger sprier delivery man would have trouble keeping pace. On top of deliveries, SJp added markets, menu items and an overall improvement to the pizza scene of Atlanta. If you haven’t tried us out yet. You are missing out.
As Sarah and I get ready for our last weekend of selling pizza before we take a break and relax while camping up on Lake Michigan, I wanted to take a second to update everyone on the new things happening here at S & J's Woodfired Pizza.
The headliner of course is that I will be leaving my part-time job as an ER nurse and taking up pizza full-time. For a few months now, we have been debating on the decision as we have been turning down pizza gigs and decided recently to take the plunge. This will allow SJP to take our pizza to the street much more often. Starting in August, we are going to add at least 3 more weekly locations to our schedule. Check our calendar frequently as we will be updating with new dates and locations.
The other bigs news I want to report is that we are going to go ahead and start acquiring the parts and knowledge to start running our whole operation on solar power. After I sell my gas powered generator, which has only been used once, I want to build a solar powered one that we satisfy all our electrical needs. It’s gonna be awesome to be run by wood and the sun. That being said, any people with any knowledge in that type of area please feel free to give any free advice as novice is a generous description of me.
On another side of research and development, we are continuing to try out new topping combinations and hope to offer some summer specials in the next coming months which will include a homemade bbq sauce, peaches, roasted corn, and possibly a trip south of the border with a Mexican inspired pie. We would love to hear any special requests so stop by the markets and let us know.
Finally, I hope to be in a position to offer dough for sale later on this summer. Many of you have asked about this and I want to give the people what they want. I need to work out a few kinks in how I package it to give you the optimum number of days before it passes its prime. Also, we want to get some instructions together to help you with it when you get home.
Any other fresh ideas or places you want S & J's Woodfired Pizza? Let us know. Just under 2 months until the 1 year anniversary. Get pumped.
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