Product Description

Everybody Loves Pizza is a celebration of America’s favorite dish — its history, its versatility, its staying power. It delves into where pizza came from, where it’s going, and what it means to American culture. Thanks to food writers, pizza insiders, and ordinary, pizza-loving Americans, it also reveals where to find 540 top-notch pizzas across the country, plus recipes from the familiar (Pepperoni or Barbecue Chicken Pizza) to the adventurous (Shrimp Pizza with Tasso Ham, Goat Cheese, and Spinach or Prosciutto Pear Pizza).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #373555 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781578602186
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"...informative and fun read...tremendous amount here for the casual pizza lover, [and] plenty for the rabid expert." -- Ron Kaplan, Manager, eGullet Society for Culinary Arts and Letters

"Everybody Loves Pizza is a beautiful, witty, delightful guide..." -- Ted Allen, author and food and wine specialist on Queer Eye

"Everybody Loves Pizza is a terrific read." -- Alan Richman, author and James Beard award-winning food critic for GQ

"Immensely appetizing, tons of fun...a banquet for those of us who can never get our fill of excellent pizza." -- Jane and Michael Stern, Gourmet contributing editors and authors of Roadfood

"Pollack and Ruby break it down into a delicious all-inclusive guide. If you're not hungry after reading this..." -- Mario Batali, Food Network celebrity chef and best-selling author

"The single best book on pizza we've ever read. A fun, delicious look at every imaginable aspect of its subject" -- Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page, James Beard award-winning cookbook authors

From the Publisher
EVERYBODY LOVES PIZZA offers: •The 10 best pizzas in the country—a list sure to inspire passionate debate among pizza-philes • Recipes from the familiar (Barbecue Chicken Pizza) to the exotic (Prosciutto Pear Pizza) from America’s top pizza makers such as Wolfgang Puck, and Art Smith, Oprah’s personal chef • Inside information and personal interviews with big-name pizza personalities • Everything you need to know—and buy—to make a great pie in your own kitchen • New York, New Haven, Chicago, and California: The real stories on how America made the dish its own

About the Author
Penny Pollack has been the dining editor of Chicago magazine since 1994. Under her direction, the dining department produced "Through Thick and Thin," the magazine’s comprehensive 1998 pizza feature, which was nominated for a James Beard Award and won a gold from the City and Regional Magazine Association. An avid traveler, Pollack has explored the cuisines of four continents—but her favorite food is still pizza. The Chicago native has been a guest on all major talk radio programs in Chicago, and has had lengthy runs as a guest critic for various media outlets. Most recently, Pollack was recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of "Chicago's Media Elite." She resides in Chicago with her husband.

Jeff Ruby is a senior editor at Chicago magazine. He has reviewed restaurants since 1997, winning a gold medal from the National City and Regional Magazine Association for food/dining criticism in 2003 and 2004. Ruby wrote The Official Chicago Bar Guide (Buckingham 2001), the definitive book on Chicago’s nightlife. He made his beer money during grad school at the University of Kansas by delivering pizzas in a beat-up Volvo until the brakes went out. He currently lives in Chicago with his wife and child.

Customer Reviews

Best in a crowded field
I'm not a pizzeria owner or a book reviewer, just a guy who loves pizza. It seems like there are a lot of books about pizza out there these days, but this one covers more ground and is more entertaining than the others. There's no New York snobbery going on here - just a clear-eyed, authoritative approach to all styles. This book gives equal time to Chicago, New Haven, California, NYC, and all the others.

And the photos make me hungry.

It's strong on the history of famous indies and pizza chains, and the recipes look good - and they throw in a lot of fun blurbs here and there to keep things moving along ("best pizza moments in movies," "ten great pizzeria names," even a funny sidebar on "Seinfeld"'s apparent obsession with pizza).

There's a top ten list of the best pizzerias in the country, and I can't say I totally agree - where's Zachary's in Oakland? - but I guess that's the point of these things. Besides, the directory of 500+ great pizzerias has all of my favorite local (and national) places.

If you buy one pizza book, make this the one.

superb compilation of pizza knowledge, will make a great gift

Everybody loves pizza is a real pleasure -- it takes a light-hearted but thorough approach to pizza, with plenty of history, restaurant reviews, stories of pizza personalities, and recipies. Will make a great gift for all the pizza lovers among us.

Fun-facts and mouth-watering kitchen ideas for pizza aficionados everywhere
Beautifully illustrated with color photography throughout, Everybody Loves Pizza is part cookbook, part restaurant guide, and part trivia fun book all about the delicious and popular food of pizza! Chapters look at the origin of pizza in Italy and its evolution in American culture, featuring recipes from expert chefs, from Barbecue Chicken Pizza to Prosciutto Pear Pizza, Rosemary Red Onion Pizza, and much more. A directory of 500 top-notch pizzerias in the United States fills out the best locations for traveling gourmets to visit rounds out this "must-have" book of fun-facts and mouth-watering kitchen ideas for pizza aficionados everywhere.