Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Earth, Art, Ovens

Kiko Denzer has recently brought to my attention his blog, also on blogspot. I thoroughly recommend his book on earthen ovens. The latest edition has a quote about an earlier edition that I wrote to him.

I have to say for those who think this is goofy. These ovens are great. I went to a building party for a cob house out past Carver, Oregon, and for dinner we had pizzas cooked in an earthen oven. I took a few out to the oven and started walking away when the oven tender advised me to stay put, and gestured toward the oven. I looked inside and watched as the homemade pizza dough puffed up perfectly and then settled back down all in the space of about 90 seconds, and then he pulled them out and flopped them back on the sheets of cardboard I had used to carry them to the oven in the first place.

Anyway, go to kikidenzer.blogspot.com for more information.

1 comment:

jayne rawdah said...

Ah yes, the earth-oven. You made slight mention of it a while back in some email. Are you building one? Tell me all.