10/16/2026
We flew a pan 200 miles over the Sierra to an old gold mine camp to find out if it could cook a pizza in a wood-fired oven.
Cardinal Village in Aspendell has been in the Cluff family since 1985 and is now going to the fourth generation. General store, cabins, pizza nights, and the whole Eastern Sierra out the front door. They carry our pans in the store now, which still feels a little unreal.
Dan came home and wrote about the day, and it turned out to be about a lot more than pizza. Field Journal No. 2 is up on the site, full video on YouTube. Link in our bio.