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Nu cu mult timp in urma, toppingurile pentru pizza erau considerate produse de lux sau auzeai de ciudatenii de pizza … pur si simplu ridicole (cea cu paste? sau cea cu blat din felii de paine?). Pizza era amenintata sa devina altceva decat pizza. Din fericire, aceasta tendinta s-a inversat. Cu toate acestea, este mai distractiva inovatia, sau adoptarea unei traditii a pizza cu care nu te-ai familiarizat. Un tip de pizza mai putin intalnit este cel de pizza … prajita. Se pare, poate nu surprinzator, ca pizza prajita, provenea din Napoli, dar o puteti intalni de asemenea si in Scotia. Principiile si ingredientele sunt clasice, tehnica si rezultate difera surprinzator de ceea ce iubitorii de pizza se astepta sa vada in final. Continuare…

Not long ago, toppings for pizza were becoming unbearably fancy — hoisin-slathered duck, or fontina and truffles — or just ridiculous (you’ve seen the ones with pasta?). Pizza threatened to become something other than pizza. Fortunately, that trend has reversed. Nevertheless, it is still fun to innovate, or to adopt a pizza tradition you were not familiar with. My friend Ed Schneider, a sometime food writer and brilliant home cook, called me recently with a suggestion that sounded so good I tried it immediately: pan-fried pizza. Continuare…

 Sea otters spend a lot of their time floating on their backs—they rest, groom and eat in this position, using their stomachs as a table to spread out the food they have gathered. Sea otters have one of the thickest fur coats in the animal kingdom.

Small sea otter populations inhabit kelp forests, bays and coastal waters near islands, reefs, and fjords in the North Pacific Ocean. In British Columbia, they are found along the windswept west coast of northern Vancouver Island and the central coast, near Bella Bella. Sea otters often rest in groups called “rafts”. Rafting sea otters sometimes hold paws to stay together.Taken at the Vancouver Aquarium. Continuare…

 Vidra de mare petrece mult din timpul sau plutind pe spate, ingrijindu-se si mancand in aceasta pozitie, folosindu-si stomacul ca si masa pe care sa imprastie mancarea ce au adunat-o. Vidrele de mare au cea mai deasa blana din tot regnul animal. Mici populatii de vidre traiesc in padurile de alge, in glofuri si in apele de coasta din preajma insulelor, recifurilor si fiordurilor din Pacificul de Nord. In Columbia Britanica, sunt intalnite de-a lungul coastei vestice batute de vanturi in nordul insulei Vancouver si pe coasta centrala, langa Bella Bella. Vidrele se odihnesc adesea in grupuri si formeaza plute iar uneori se tin de labute pentru a sta impreuna. Continuare…