Pizza is my ultimate comfort food and I always seem to crave it when I am feeling depressed. Well, I have had pizza a lot lately! My daughters and I went to lunch at Pete & Elda's in Neptune, NJ before they left for school. The girls have gone there since they were babies. Matt and I went there once a week when we were dating. The place is insanely crowded even at the oddest of times which is a testament to how popular it is. The crust is cracker thin and the sauce is like nowhere else. I think that it is a love/hate thing with Pete & Elda's pizza, but we are in the love group. It almost shouldn't be called pizza since it is so different. It just is Pete & Elda's - a Shore classic. An order of garlic bread with cheese and fried calamari - perfect!
Pizza with Figs, Prosciutto, Gorgonzola, Balsamic, and Arugula
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Those first 48 hours are tough, but, as you know, once you get through them it is much easier to deal with the new normal. I loved the pies you featured for us tonight. I could enjoy anyone of them. They really looked delicious. I hope you are having an easier day. Blessings...Mary
ReplyDeleteMine are starting Kindergarten and 2nd grade so I have a ways to go thankfully! All of the pizzas look delicious, especially the fig one.
ReplyDeleteI always thought it was funny that you pay for the pizza with a seperate bill for Carmen's pizza, and the bar bill is another ticket for Pete & Elda's!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea they had a fig pizza!!!!!
I will be at the shore next week, and you know I will be ordering that pie!
Oh - I remember the empty nest -mine didn't last long as Kirsten transferred to the U as her school was too small. And now there's grad school - so I have a full house again! The pizza looks delicious - much better than most that exists in MN.
ReplyDeleteAwww, I can imagine how hard it is now that your girls are away! Pizza definitely sounds like it was in order. ;) It looks like some amazing pizza too!
ReplyDeleteThink of this as your time now, do some things you've always wanted to, challenge yourself, it's a new an exciting time! Believe me, I've been there. As for the pizza's that fig one is to die for, I'm sure Stacey will go after that for sure!
ReplyDeleteThe empty nest is not easy...I am virtually holding your hand...I understand! You are a regular pizza artist!!! I got such a craving when I looked at those photos.
ReplyDeleteThe pizza looks great! Love a great pizza pie.
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Pizza is my comfort food too. As far as I'm concerned u can never have too much pizza.
ReplyDeleteOh I just had pizza tonight. and we ate it for comfort purposes as well. I was interested to see the figs on the pizza. I had a large amount of figs and wasn't sure how to preserve them or different ways to eat them, so I must say this is the first time to see them on pizza. Did u like that combination? Maybe I will give it a try.
ReplyDeleteFigs on pizza = delicious!
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