Pizza
History, Recipes, Stories, People, Places, Love
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Guild of Food Writer’s Awards, Highly Commended in ‘Specialist Subject Cookbook’ category (2021)
Everyone loves pizza, right? Saver of parties, empty fridges and hangovers the world over – pizza has come to the rescue of the human race more times than is worth counting. So, if you can’t imagine your world without dough, cheese and tomato, then this is the book for you.
All things pizza are here – from its history and family tree, to world famous pizzerias and even an exploration into the pizza variants we love to hate (hamburger crust pizza anyone?). The Pizza Pilgrims, Thom and James Elliot, have spent years researching the best pizza that the world has to offer, all while running their own legendary pizza joints across the UK.
Alongside pizza maps of their favourite global pizza cities (so you can conduct your very own pizza pilgrimage) the book is also packed with over 30 recipes to make sure you finally delete your local takeaway from speed dial #1. From an NY slice, to true Neapolitan pizza made in a frying pan, Pizza offers classic and new creations, including guest chefs' collabs, and the Pilgrims' very own Nutella pizza ring!
Oven fresh and packed with interviews, pizza facts, movie scenes, world records and even pizza tattoos, Pizza is illustrated with all manner of pie-based fun and written with a hearty dose of humour. The perfect companion for the pizza lover in your life. Fact.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Brothers and London restaurateurs Thom and James Elliott charm in this quirky and amusing culinary "pizza magnum opus." Intent on learning everything they could about pizza, in 2011 the brothers traveled across Italy in a funny-looking three-wheeled van, working in pizzerias, tasting, and soaking up knowledge. Their quest took them from Naples, where they got to "the heart of making pizza dough," to Rome, where they encounter the gregarious pizzaiolo Gabriele Bonci working out of a tiny shop near the Vatican ("he could hardly fit behind the counter and had the kind of firm, round belly that is only earned through hard work and dedication"), and later to Paris, London, and New York. Their immersion in the pizza world resulted in the discovery of some surprising concoctions, such as a pie topped with sliced hot dogs and fries named the Americano, as well as their own invention: pizza soup. Other notable recipes are the carbonara, the roasted mushroom with truffle pie, and the fiorentina pizza, with a luscious runny egg yolk in the center. A lively discussion of divisive toppings such as pasta, pineapple, and anchovies is a high point, and those thinking of embarking on their own pizza pilgrimage will benefit from the city guides that identify top-notch options. Any pizza-phile will find this unconventional guide to be a real treat.
