I love making pizza because no one can resist a slice. It’s definitely an inter-generational favourite and a great way for me to use my oregano. Following in my mother’s footsteps, I make mine rectangular not round. It cuts into squares which fit neatly into hands of all shapes and sizes. Unlike round pizza, it doesn’t taper off into a thin floppy point that encourages the topping to slide off. My mother made it for us as a special treat. We always had it at birthday parties. The kids would literally lunge at it as soon as it was served up. She was forever warning everyone how hot it was. She’d also make it just for the family. We always ate way too much.

I made pizza last Friday night. The oven was stuck on maximum temperature so it was very difficult to get right. I had to open the door every now and then to stop the pizza from burning. The next day it stopped working all together in the middle of baking some Ginger Bread People I had longed promised Poppet. That was the last straw. I put the rest of the dough in the freezer and promptly went out and bought another cooker. Can’t wait for it to arrive!