work night dinner – In Good Taste http://ingoodtaste.kitchen Making Every Day an Occasion... Simply Sat, 28 Dec 2019 18:11:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-peonies-32x32.jpg work night dinner – In Good Taste http://ingoodtaste.kitchen 32 32 Fresh Fig, Blue Cheese and Caramelized Onion Pizza http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/fig-blue-cheese-caramelized-onion-pizza/ http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/fig-blue-cheese-caramelized-onion-pizza/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2014 05:00:10 +0000 http://www.ingoodtastemag.com/?p=7114 I grew up in a relatively small suburb, about an hour outside of New York City, where there were essentially two pizza joints to choose from. While both had their own unique charm, they were missing one thing: fresh fig, blue cheese and caramelized onion pizza. There was Aljon’s, which was a slightly grittier New York style pizza place that always smelled vaguely of tomato sauce. It was where nearby nurses and teachers popped in for a slice on their lunch hour and teenagers snacked on pizza in between rounds on the arcade games in the back of the restaurant. Then there was Romeo’s, a bona fide family restaurant run by two Italian brothers who knew your name and eventually, your order, when you walked through the door. The casual pizzeria in the front half of the space was where families ordered their Friday night take-out pizza and the back half of the space was a white table cloth restaurant fit for special occasions and celebrations. It was at Romeo’s where my family celebrated birthdays, ordered to-go meals when we were moving to a different subdivision across town and once, forgot to pay our bill before leaving. The owner greeted […]

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