Square Pie Guy

From the owner of San Francisco’s famed Square Pie Guys comes the ultimate guide to making irresistible Detroit-style pizza at home. With 60 foolproof recipes, Square Pie Guy shows you how to achieve crunchy crusts, caramelized cheese edges, and perfect flavor in any home oven–plus easy gluten-free and vegan options so everyone can partake.

Square Pie Guy is the ultimate guide to Detroit-style pizza: crispy-edged, cheesy, and unapologetically satisfying. This debut cookbook brings the iconic flavors of Square Pie Guys home, offering easy recipes that turn a standard kitchen oven into a pizza powerhouse. With clear guidance on doughs, sauces, toppings, and technique, it demystifies the process while keeping things fun, fresh, and flavorful.

Create mouthwatering pizzas—from classics like The Pepperoni and the Detroit Margarita to inventive favorites like Chicken Tikka-ish, Elote Pie, and a crispy pastrami-topped Nice Jewish Pie—each capturing the bold, creative energy that made Square Pie Guys a Bay Area sensation.

This is a love letter to Detroit-style pizza and the joy of sharing it. With pro tips, smart shortcuts, and the signature humor and hustle of Square Pie Guys, it shows home cooks how to achieve that caramelized cheese edge, airy crust, and saucy perfection that have made Detroit-style pizza the country’s hottest obsession.

Whether you’re a life-long home pizza maker or a total novice, Square Pie Guy will give you the confidence to create the crispy, cheesy Detroit-style magic everyone’s craving.