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I cook a lot, probably more than the average graduate student, and yesterday while grocery shopping I got the urge to make a pizza. I bought some ingredients and today set out to make a pizza from scratch.

A pizza made from scratch requires flour and yeast to make the crust:

Aside: I highly recommend reading Wikipedia's article on bread. It is every interesting, especially the chemistry section.

I used this pizza dough recipe, substituting honey for sugar because that is what I had in my cupboard. After following the directions, I had a nice ball of dough.

While it rose, I prepared the toppings.

Oops! Almost forgot the onion.

I cut the chicken into small cubes and cooked them until they were no longer pink. Then, I mixed all the ingredients together and added some red pepper and basil. By that time the dough had risen, so I spread it out on a pizza pan and added the sauce and toppings. I ended up omitting the pineapple— even though I do so love pineapple on pizza— because the crust got pretty full with just the chicken and vegetables.

Thirty minutes later I had a beautiful homemade pizza.

So. Good.

I am convinced that food tastes better when you make it yourself.