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Jane's Page

This young lady from Brisbane, Australia has become such a sensation on this web site, especially in Japan, that we've given her a page all to herself and created a new category for 'Pizza Superstars' like jane.b who have shown a level of creativity that goes beyond the casual "toss-some-salami-on-that-thing" level. We hope to receive many more pizza pics from jane.b in the future!

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Flickr Find: Jane.B's Slightly Cheesy Revenge!

So as I sat down at my computer this evening I nearly dropped the slice of (happy happy) pizza I was munching on when I read this message in my flickr inbox... Holy smokes! Could this be the jane.b who not more than few days ago scored a measly 1/10? I had to find out...

Question: Is this really jane.b?
Answer: Yes, it's her all right.

Question: Is this "jane.b" person your sister/wife/daughter/neighbor?
Answer: Umm... no. And please stop sending me emails about this you weird, weird people. I don't know jane.b and she does not know me. Plus I don't think she's old enough to be married to anybody so back off people!

Question: Is it true that jane.b is a celebrity in Japan?
Yes, it's true! We had a massive spike (over 3000%!) in our traffic from Japan immediately after posting Jane's first pizza, including a tonne of referrals from mixi.jp. Jane's pizzas certainly have appeal in Japan. Thank you very much, Japanese happy happy pizza fans!

Question: So come on man, does this girl get a perfect score or what?!
Answer: Okay, okay let's get down to the nitty gritty.

So Jane is a girl with a lot of guts. We challenged her with our initial post to create a pizza with some cheeziness, in fact a pizza with any cheese at all. Now judging by her message, Jane is a health-conscious young lady who is very aware of just how many grams of fat is in a cheese-laden pizza so she opted instead to craft a pizza that was both esthetically pleasing and healthy as well.

If I am not mistaken we are looking at a dough covered in a combination of both tomato sauce and pesto (possibly just diced basil, parsely and olive oil?) with blobs of cheese for a nose and eyes and olives for a smile and pupils. Two slivers of pepperoni serve as cheeks or possibly ears, and finally some shredded mozzarella for hair. All-in-all a wonderful-looking pizza. And that brings me to my unfortunate conclusion...

See, this pizza had all the makings of a perfect score with only one exception: the lack of a post-bake photo. See, it's easy to create a handsome face with raw ingredients, but it's how that face stands up to the baking process that is the true test of a happy happy pizza artist.

And that is why after much deliberation I'm going to have to give jane.b a 9/10. Of course, if she posts a lovely post-bake photo on her flickr stream I'll gladly give her the extra point. Otherwise she'll have to give it another shot at acheiving happy happy pizza perfection.


Now if you're reading this jane.b, please don't fret. You have become such a sensation on this web site that we're giving you your own URL: www.happyhappypizza.com/jane.b/

I you ever get the urge to create that perfect 10/10 or send in that post-bake photo then we'll post it to your page! In fact, we'll post pretty much any pizza you make. You're a talented photographer and a true happy happy culinary artist. Keep up the good work!

Click here to see Jane's latest pizza.
Click here for jane.b's photo stream.
Click here to check out the flickr stream of Jane's mum Louise.

Flickr Find: Jane.B Can't Find the Cheese

jane.b is a young lady from Brisbane, Australia who has lots of enthusiasm when it comes to preparing pizza, but is obviously in need of some guidance. She lives in the same city as the people that made the Bugeyed Screaming Pizza Face. Maybe they can help her out?!

Now Jane is a teenage girl so I'm going to take it easy on her. I may be the Big Cheese, but I still have a heart. Heh, heh... what? I'm serious! Ahem, anyways... she's obviously creative and took the time to photograph her work, so I'll give her a break.

So in this pre-bake photo we have 1) a crust, 2) pizza sauce, 3) olives, 4) sundried tomatoes, and 5) either feta cheese or chunks of firm tofu. Notice anything missing? Well if the bold lettering I inserted into the graphic didn't give you a hint: IT'S CHEESE! Cheese is an essential pizza ingredient, especially on a happy pizza! Now maybe our young Jane is a vegetarian or a vegan, that's cool with us, but there's lots of varieties of soy cheese, etc. that could fill this critical role in making a truly happy pizza.

I know I said I'd take it easy, okay maybe I lied a little. No baked photo and no cheese = 1/10.

If Jane B from Brisbane Australia is reading this take heart, to become a truly great happy happy pizza chef you must hone your craft for years. You've got a good start. Now please buy some mozzarella and a grater and get practicing!

Click here and see if you can figure out if that's tofu or feta on there.