My first guest this week is Dina Guillen with her new book “Pizza on a Plank – Make Wood-Fired Pizza on your Grill.”
Learn how to make the perfect pizza with an underused method that will convince your tastebuds that you’re at a fancy pizzeria.
Pizza is one of the most popular foods in the world. But homemade pizza rarely hits the crispy-chewy-charred trifecta—and that’s because many of us don’t own a wood-burning oven. By employing one brilliant, simple trick—cooking pizzas on a wooden plank—you can transform your gas or charcoal grill into an appliance that rivals any pizza oven.
Pizza on a Plank offers an easy-to-follow introduction to plank grilling, including where to buy food-safe planks, the best methods for soaking and seasoning them, gas vs. charcoal plank-grilling techniques, how to pair different woods (such as hickory, cedar, alder, and mesquite) with their ideal pizza toppings, and much more. More than 40 inventive savory and sweet pizza recipes—plus doughs and sauces—will have you eagerly firing up the grill. Includes mouthwatering full-color photography.
Dina Guillen is an expert in plank-grilling and the author of two cookbooks on the topic. She has appeared on Martha Stewart Living Radio, the local television affiliates of NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX, and in The Washington Post, Cooking Light, The Good Life radio show and more. She lives near Sacramento, CA, with her family.
Later in the show I’ll be chatting with Dustin Kuhn all about the Wichita Air Capitol COSMOPOLITAN annual Golf tournament at Crest View Country Club June 9th. Learn more at: www.facebook.com
I’ll be sharing the what, where, when about the 4th Annual AIWF DecantICT event at the Wichita Marriott June 8th. Wichita’s premier wine & spirits event! www.aiwfwichita.org
Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2021 Juggernaut Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley
The nose offers notes of cherries, raspberries, ripe strawberries, caramelized brown sugar with an element of earth and subtle black tea leaf. Plush red fruits, red plum, rich viscosity and lingering vanilla bean and baking spices with a soft, round mouthfeel on the palate. Aged 12 months in a variety of new and used French oak. ABV14.5%
Perfect with Pizza on a Plank or…
Grab a bottle or two from Jacob Liquor Exchange and join us!
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
Gold & Best of Class | 2024 Los Angeles Wine & Spirits Challenge
Gold, 92 points | 2024 Sunset International Wine Competition
2021 Juggernaut Russian River Pinot Noir
DOUBLE GOLD, 99 points ~ Best of California