The Blog of Russell Hasan, Author of Philosophy Nonfiction and Fantasy & Science Fiction

Monday, July 28, 2025

Foodie Blog! Reporting Live from Connecticut, Pizza Capital of the World

Some interesting recent pizzas I've had here in Connecticut:
(1) White pizza with Alfredo sauce as pizza sauce/pizza topping.
(2) White pizza with Pesto sauce as pizza sauce/pizza topping.
(3) Pizza with tuna salad (canned tuna mixed with mayo) as a topping.

I've also formed a theory of what is in the Coca-Cola secret formula. I believe it contains vanilla extract, cinnamon, and some combination of licorice and/or annis seed extract. It may also have other ingredients. But it's just a theory; obviously I don't know for sure.

I also have a theory of what's in Dr. Pepper. They literally went to a local fruit stand, grabbed twenty fruits at random, and threw them in a blender, and that's how they invented Dr. Pepper.

And, I learned the name of my favorite dessert, which I've blogged about before in this blog. It's a chocolate cream pie where the pie crust is made from crushed Oreo cookies, and apparently it wasn't a one-off, it's, like, an actual thing, it's called an Oreo Bash Cake.

Your food blog correspondent,
Russell