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Pizza

The ultimate pizza cookbook with more than sixty classic and creative recipes from a thirteen-time World Pizza Champion and a James Beard Award–winning author.

Pizza master Tony Gemignani teams up with acclaimed cookbook author Diane Morgan to offer the definitive tome on the art of pizza-making. There are more than sixty selections on the menu, including the thick, rounded-edge crust of classic Neapolitan pizza Margherita, the thin crust New York style Italian Sausage and Three Pepper Pizza, and the stick-to-your-ribs, deep-dish kind, smothered in spinach and mozzarella.

There are also plenty of new-fangled pizzas: layered with Thai curry flavored chicken or pineapple; cooked on the grill; even quick and easy versions using store-bought crust. Aficionados will find six pizza dough recipes ready to suit anyone’s crust preferences. Dough-tossing techniques and tips on using peels, stones, tiles, pans, grills, ovens, and more make this a complete pizza package.

Diane Morgan, Tony Gemignani, Scott Peterson

Diane Morgan is an experienced cooking teacher and the author of many cookbooks, including Salmon (0-8118-4212-6), Delicious Dips (0-8118-4220-7), and Dressed to Grill (0-8118-3139-6). She lives in Portland, Oregon.Tony Gemignani is co-owner of Pyzano's in northern California—named one of the Top 100 Independent Pizzerias in the nation. His skills have landed him guest shots on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Good Morning America . He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.Scott Peterson is an award-winning San Francisco based photographer.

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