Brick Oven Pizza...Who Needs Delivery?

As the school year comes to a close across America and the summer season approaches, the weather in Kansas is getting warmer and warmer. People in the neighborhood are, once again, keeping their ovens off in the kitchen and pulling out the backyard barbeques.

The smell of hamburgers and chicken waft through neighborhoods- another sign of summer. In my neighborhood, however, the smell of pizza has wafted through the air like a gorgeous gypsy girl wandering for innocent prey.

Of course, I don't think my neighbors would phrase it that way. They welcomed friends and neighbors on Saturday for home made pizza, prepared from scratch and baked in their backyard brick oven. The occasion was high school and college graduation.

Aside from taking pictures, my assistance in the process was the cooked sausage- a very important ingredient for meat lover's pizza.

My neighbor's, the Bryan's, pizza as well as their fire-brick over are well known in town.

A high school buddy of mine came down from North Dakota for the grad ceremonies. He did most of the actual cooking. Very well done! And happy Memorial Day!!

Mrs. Bryan and Clare Bryan prepping

Chopped garlic, sausage, green peppers, mushrooms, fresh basil, onions, tomato sauce, and white wine...molto bene!

Martin from North Dakota doing the cooking...

Mr. Bryan is checking the oven temperature with Tim Bryan...