Everybody Loves Pizza: The Deep Dish on America's Favorite Food [Paperback]

Penny Pollack (Author), Jeff Ruby (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2005

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).

Editorial Reviews

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"...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

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Clerisy Press (October 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578602181
• ISBN-13: 978-1578602186
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #23 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Baking > Pizza
  • #87 in Books > Travel > Reference & Tips > Food & Lodging > Dining

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best in a crowded field, April 7, 2006

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Andy Merritt (Monterey, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Everybody Loves Pizza: The Deep Dish on America's Favorite Food (Paperback)

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.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun-facts and mouth-watering kitchen ideas for pizza aficionados everywhere, November 6, 2005

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Everybody Loves Pizza: The Deep Dish on America's Favorite Food (Paperback)

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.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars superb compilation of pizza knowledge, will make a great gift, October 5, 2005

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Pizza eater (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Everybody Loves Pizza: The Deep Dish on America's Favorite Food (Paperback)

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.