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You don't need a stone. An overturned cookie sheet works perfectly. Pre-heat it at the highest oven temp for 30 minutes, roll out your dough on parchment, and place the dough on parchment right on the hot cookie sheet.

The key to good pizza dough is heat and the flour: 00 flour gives the best results.

Our first bag didn't even last 3 hours. So addictive.

You MUST make this Vietnamese Grilled Steak and Napa Cabbage Salad from Melissa Clark's cookbook "Cook This Now". It's to die for. Sub tofu for steak if you're veg.

http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/recipes/vietnamese-grilled-steak-and-cabbage-salad/article_098e7442-d4c7-5c26-af25-0cdcebfd66d5.html

Yep. We'll be hosting a "Barack to the Future Election Extravaganza". 20 have RSVP'd so far. The plan is to open up a case of really good champagne when he wins. On the slim chance of an R victory, we'll bury the champagne in the yard until 2016. At least something good would come of it.

I recently had a mid-century chair that I needed reupholstered. Didn't want to do it myself, but was on a limited budget. So I called a local professional theatre company and asked them to put me in touch with their Scene/Prop Shop Master. This is what these people do for a living on all different shows and sets.

I bought the fabric I wanted, and hired the Prop Master to do it as a side project. It was done perfectly for less than $200, including the fabric. I was happy to get it done for less, and they were happy to make some extra cash. I'll definitely do it again. I'm sure you can find someone in your town who would be glad to take on the project and do the same thing.

Actually, they're filming the 3rd season now. It will be out in 2013.

I think a mustard-y yellow would look fantastic. Wish I was brave enough for it. You could also choose a more neutral color and accent with yellow pillows and a throw, in case you someday want to change it up.

"Sigh." My self-esteem is quite a bit lower now.

I think they said on the episode they said that the coffee table was a hand me down, but I've never seen another one like it. Anyone know where to find something comparable?

ditto on the coffee table! Where's it from, and why aren't there more like it?!