The Best Pizza Is Made at Home (A Nitty Gritty Cookbook) [Paperback]

Donna Rathmell German (Author)

Book Description

Series: A Nitty Gritty Cookbook | Publication Date: February 1994

This collection of 40 thin-crust doughs, 16 deep-dish doughs, 35 sauces and toppings and 12 stuffed pizzas, calzones and focaccias is a bookshelf staple. Use a bread machine, or make doughs in a heavy-duty mixer or food processor. Step-by-step instructions make it easy.

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About the Author

If it contains flours and grains, Donna Rathmell German has probably written a book about it! She is the leading expert on bread machine baking, and the author of many books on the subject, including The Bread Machine Cookbook series, The Pasta Machine Cookbook, and The New Book of Waffles and Pizzelles. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 155 pages
• Publisher: Bristol Pub Enterprises (February 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558670947
• ISBN-13: 978-1558670945
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #901,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #74 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Baking > Pizza

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars really good crust recipes, March 26, 2000

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This review is from: The Best Pizza Is Made at Home (A Nitty Gritty Cookbook) (Paperback)

I checked this book out from the library,coming here to buy it today.I made the boboli type crust and it was excellent. I have been trying for some time to get a really good thin crust recipe and this is quite flavorful. The recipes are really tested which means they WORK.Also, the dough was the first one I have made which was so easy to work with.She suggests you pre bake the crust for this particular recipe and it comes out crispier.I was actually able to slide it on my stone with no trouble.Wonderful CRISPY pizza for the first time!

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you think homemade pizza is too much trouble, think again, October 19, 1999

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I could not believe how easy it was to make homemade-from-scratch pizza until I started using this book! Using German's suggestion I started making pizza dough in the bread machine and keeping it in the fridge for nights when I don't feel like cooking. It works great! The kids think they're getting a real treat, and I have an inexpensive dinner on the table in less than thirty minutes, with only about 10 minutes of actual hands on effort. (And it tastes better than delivery, too!) If you like pizza or if you're looking for a quick, cheap, kid-pleasing meal once or twice a week I highly recommend this book.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very nice book for making HOMEMADE pizza!!!, October 30, 2005

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This review is from: The Best Pizza Is Made at Home (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

A great book, I love the selection of different sauces, toppings the thin crusts and deep dish crusts. And it saves time using the bread machine. Nothing beats HOMEMADE PIZZA! I recommend this book if you like making your own pizza over the store stuff.

I actually maded the barbecue chicken and took it to work and had several marriage proposals with co-ed coworkers. No joke. Great book.