One of the things that I remember most from my reading (or rather audio book listen) of
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle was that Barbara Kingsolver's family had a Friday night pizza and a movie tradition. I liked the idea of having a ritual like that. Last month, J. and I were visiting friends that observe a weekly pizza and movie night with their two kids. It was great to kick back, eat pizza, and watch a film (even if it was
Bedtime Stories). Last Friday, J. and I tried it out ourselves. The Kingsolver household used seasonal ingredients along with homemade dough and cheese, our friends usually pick up something of the take-and-bake variety, and I made a
Food Network Margherita Pizza but used
The Bread Stop's "fresh and local" Original Pizza Dough instead of making it from scratch. We watched
Blue Jasmine followed by
Art & Copy. It was a great way to kick off the weekend. I wonder if we'll do it again this Friday.
