Pizza A Slice Of Heaven The Ultimate Guide and Companion

Pizza is the single most popular food in the world. The year 2005 marks its centennial in America, a milestone laid claim to by Lombardi's, the restaurant and pizzeria, when it opened its doors in New York City 100 years ago. In celebration of this anniversary, reputed pizza maven Ed Levine and some of America's best writers, chefs and cartoonists, including Nora Ephron, Garry Trudeau, Roy Blount Jr., Calvin Trillin, Mario Batali, Ruth Reichl, Eric Asimov, Jeffrey Steingarten, Alan Richman and John T. Edge, set out to answer every cosmic question involving this beloved food and tackle the never-ending debates that invariably come up whenever the subject of pizza is brought up in good company. What makes New York pizza so good? * Is Chicago pizza really more of a casserole? Is the pizza in New Haven better than anything found in Naples? Is the best pizzeria in the world in Phoenix? * What and where is the Pizza Belt? How did someone named Fats Goldberg end up being New York's preeminent thick-crust pizza maker? * How does one go about judging pizza? Is there such a thing as good frozen pizza? An invaluable resource that is stuffed with all the toppings and much, much more, Pizza: A Slice of Heaven: The Ultimate Guide and Companion is a must have for every pizza lover.Levine, Ed is the author of 'Pizza A Slice Of Heaven The Ultimate Guide and Companion', published 2005 under ISBN 9780789312051 and ISBN 0789312050.