Pizza: Easy Recipes for Great Homemade Pizzas, Focaccia, and Calzones [Hardcover]

Michele Scicolone (Author), Charles Scicolone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 3, 2007

Pizza is one of the most classic dishes, and everyone has a favorite slice. Some prefer deep-dish, others love unusual combinations of toppings, and still others will only eat a pristine, classic slice. Finally, here is a book for everyone. Charles and Michele Scicolone’s PIZZA has nearly 100 recipes for all different kinds of pizzas, including deep-dish, filled, cornmeal-crusted, and white pizza, as well as foccacia, calzones, and flatbread. This is the perfect book for anyone who wants to learn the delectable art of home-made pizza.
This sumptuous cookbook starts off with an introduction to the main ingredients and equipment needed for pizza-making, with a thorough breakdown of all the many cheeses, flours, and meats; then moves on to a primer on making pizza dough, by hand or with a machine. And then… the pizzas! Recipes include:
·Pizza Margherita
·Peperoni Pepperoni Pizza
·White Clam Pizza
·Fig and Taleggio Pizza
·Sausage and Cheese Deep-Dish Pizza
·Eggplant and Provolone Filled Pizza

Rounding out this comprehensive pizza book are recipes for pizza accompaniments, sections on pizza history and trivia, suggested complementary wines and desserts, and a list of the Scicolones’ favorite pizzerias in the United States and Italy.
For anyone who has longed to learn the secrets of a delectable homemade pizza pie, here is the perfect book. Filled with tips and tricks, clear instructions and nearly 100 recipes, it will help anyone make authentic, creative, delicious pizzas at home!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I have long admired Michele's work, because her passion for Italian cooking leaps from the pages.  Now Michele and Charles have written a gem of a little book, Pizza, which should keep pizza lovers happily in the kitchen for weeks."
--Biba Caggiano, Biba Restaurant, author of Italy al Dente

About the Author

Charles Scicolone, the wine director of New York's i Trulli Restaurant and Enoteca, is a wine educator and writes for many publications.  Michele Scicolone teaches cooking, writes for national publications, including Gourmet and the New York Times, and is the author of five Italian cookbooks, including A Fresh Taste of Italy.  The Scicolones live in Brooklyn, New York, where they have frequent pizza parties.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Gramercy (April 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517229315
• ISBN-13: 978-0517229316
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,432,511 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

MICHELE SCICOLONE

Michele Scicolone is an award winning food writer and the author of 17 cookbooks. Her latest book, THE FRENCH SLOW COOKER was published in January 2012. It is a collection of classic French recipes adapted for use in the electric slow cooker (Crock Pot). Dorie Greenspan, author of Around My French Table wrote, "I'd bet that if French cooks could get their hands on Michele Scicolone's FRENCH SLOW COOKER, which is filled with smart, practical and convenient recipes, they'd never let it go."

Michele's previous book THE ITALIAN SLOW COOKER, was published in January 2010 and immediately became a bestseller. She was also one of the editors of the 75th Anniversary edition of the classic, Joy of Cooking, and writes about food, wine, and travel for many publications, including Every Day with Rachael Ray, Prevention, The Washington Post, The Wine Spectator, Gourmet, and Bon Appetit. Previous books include The BLT Cookbook with Chef Laurent Tourondel, The Sopranos Family Cookbook, a #1 New York Times Best Seller that was published in 9 languages and a sequel, Entertaining with the Sopranos, both co-authored with Allen Rucker. She has also written 1000 Italian Recipes, and Pizza--Anyway You Slice It!, co-authored with her husband Charles Scicolone, an Italian wine (and pizza) authority.

Michele's television appearances include Emeril Live, The CBS Morning Show, Good Morning America, and Cooking Live with Sara Moulton, as well as many local television and radio programs She teaches cooking at schools around the country including De Gustibus at Macy's, Sur la Table, and the Institute for Culinary Education and is a consultant to many restaurants. Michele has been a spokesperson for the Italian Trade Commission and Williams Sonoma, and lecturer on Italian culture and cuisine at Hofstra and Henderson State Universities, and The Smithsonian Institute. Michele is also a consultant for several restaurants and food companies.

Together with her husband, Michele hosts culinary tours to Italy several times a year. Visit her website at www.MicheleScicolone.com.