*Pizza Pizza*

In class we baked pizza. The day before, the class made pizza dough, pesto, and caramelized onions. To make the pizza, were supposed to take the pizza dough and pull it to make it thin. Then we had to spread the tomato sauce or pesto thinly on the dough. We were told to put toppings on our pizza sparingly or it wouldn't bake properly. My groups favorite toppings on our pizza were tomato sauce, frommagio cheese, Parmesan cheese, a bit of mozzarella, and mushrooms. After we were done with the pizza were now waiting for our turn in line to bake the pizza. The special thing about the oven is that it is an authentic wood-fire pizza oven. When hot enough, it gets to 800 degrees and bakes the pizzas in approximately 2 – 3 minutes. Before our pizza got the turn in the oven, other student's pizzas were already done, when the other pizzas were finished, we were able to sample other student's pizza.

First of all, I usually get my pizza from places such as Pizza Hut, or Dominoes. I rarely ever get to eat homemade or fancy pizza made in expensive restaurants. The pizza I am used to eating are not healthy, they are instead very greasy, typical, American takeout pizzas. Eating the freshly prepared pizza that I and my fellow classmates made rocked my world. To me, this was the best pizza I have ever tasted. The crust was light and crispy and the cheese and mushrooms gave a lot of flavor. It was also very fresh and hot. Eating the other student's pizzas was also an adventure in itself, every person had a different kind of pizza, some students added pine nuts, pesto, walnuts, or fresh basil. Each pizza was different, there was no similar pizza.

Along with pizza, it was also our last EFS class. Honestly, I thought a lot of people would end up skipping the last day of class, however, I was proven wrong, instead everybody arrived to the gathering albeit a little late. With everybody at the pizza gathering and having fun, it proves that food brings people together. This class brought a lot of people together, I have made new friends even before school actually started. It was great having everybody together having fun, everybody was excited to try other people's pizzas and everybody was willing to share. This pizza gathering was a great activity for the class and it was saddening to watch everybody leave knowing that we will all never have the same class ever again.