Pizza is the single most popular food in the world, and wherever you go in America you can always find it. In fact, we consume 33 billion dollars worth of pizza annually from the 63,873 pizzerias in America. That's a lot of slices. This year's pizza centennial is a milestone laid claim to by Lombardi's Pizza, which opened its doors in New York in 1905. Celebrating this anniversary is Ed Levine's A Slice of Heaven: The Ultimate Pizza Guide and Companion, in which Levine and some of America's best writers and cartoonists set out to answer every cosmic question involving this beloved food: Is Chicago pizza really more of a casserole? What makes New York pizza so good? Is the pizza in New Haven better than anything found in Naples? Is the best pizzeria in the world found in Phoenix, Arizona? What and where is the Pizza Belt? How good can homemade pizza be? Why was Nora Ephron petrified that her very first date would take her to a pizzeria? How did someone named Fats Goldberg end up being New York's preeminent thick-crust pizza maker? Is there an American pizza aesthetic? How does one go about judging pizza? Is there such a thing as a good frozen pizza? All these questions and more will be answered in A Slice of Heaven by Levine, along with some of his favorite writers, including, among others, Calvin Trillin, Ruth Reichl, Roy Blount, Jr., Arthur Schwartz, Mario Batali, Jeffrey Steingarten, and Eric Asimov. A Slice of Heaven tackles the profound questions and never-ending debates that invariably come up whenever the subject of pizza is brought up in polite company.
ISBN:
9780789312051
Format:
Paperback Book
Publisher:
Universe
Published Date:
4/08/2005
Pages:
320
Availability:
This title is ordered from an overseas publisher and may take up to 45 days to ship. It is also subject to publisher availability. Allow a few extra days for delivery.
Cookbooks.com.au is Australia’s leading online bookstore dedicated to all the cooks in the world who enjoy creating wonderful food for you and friends to enjoy. Whether you are buying cookbooks for yourself as a home cook or to further advance your skills as a professional chef, you will find the cookbook for you at Cookbooks.com.au. Join The Cookbook Club for free today and buy your culinary books at everyday discounted prices and for your convenience we deliver your books directly to your door at a special discounted postal rate. In addition to having Australia’s biggest dedicated online culinary bookstore we have also made available to you an extensive range of specialty books on Diet and Health related cookery and recipe books. We like to compliment your gourmet life experiences by offering to you our extensive discounted range of beverage books on wine, beer, cocktails, tea, coffee and much more. Make Cookbooks.com.au your one stop destination on the web for all your gourmet resources as we search the globe and provide you with extensive culinary news, blogs and links to other great gourmet sites of interest. Backed by Boutique Hotel Management Company with a combined 50 years experience in the Australasian hospitality industry, we understand your needs and requirements to succeed and enjoy your culinary lifestyle and so we are constantly looking at ways we can improve our service to you. For peace of mind all of your orders are automatically insured and we guarantee all of our books will meet with your satisfaction, or your money back.Be inspired, create and enjoy life.
