I have noticed something about my posts to this blog: I haven’t dedicated nearly enough space to discussing how awesome pizza is.
Or indeed any.
This is a travesty, about to be rectified.
A couple of nights ago, while attempting to make something L would eat, I mentioned to D that we should offer thanks to the person who first squoze a tomato and thought “hey, that felt pretty gross but I bet it would be great on food.”
I definitely think this person should be admitted to the panoply of saints, possibly advancing to seraphim levels. I doubt you can go any hier up the archy than that if you’re made of meat.
Growing up in Italy, pizza was extremely important to me. I used to eat absolutely ludicrous quantities of it, often having a pizza made to fit the largest platter the restaurant had to offer. I have since calmed (and slimmed) down, but pizza is still very much a comfort food for me.
I am not, however, as much of a purist as one would expect from said upbringing. I have no objection to Philly cheesesteak or Buffalo chicken pizzas, and am extremely tempted by the pizzeria about 20 minutes from here whose menu features a Thai curry pizza.
Typically, though, when making pizza at home it’s a more classic tomato sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni and olives kind of deal. And home-made dough, of course.
I won’t claim to have the culinary skills of Lemmonex, or of other food-bloggers I read, but my pizza is pretty darn good.
That Other Blog, Way Over There 
Ahem. /Your/ pizza? I usually make the dough. And I remember the right proportion of ww to all-purpose flour. 😉
It is 12.10 am and I now desperately want pizza.
And thanks for the nice words.
@Dawn
Well, our pizza – but I made it last night 😛
@Lemmonex
I’m sorry and you’re welcome.
Though that sentence sounds like something that should have a better story behind it than pizza.
Oh Dear,
I like my Dominos as much as the next guy but I wouldn’t go as far as calling it “pizza”. Its an american version of it (though I did enjoy being able to order it to bars I was hanging round in NYC)
Sadly the real deal is often copied but rarely equalled anywhere outside Italy.
@CougarMicrobes
The trick is to think of American pizza and Italian pizza as related-but-different foods, each to be appreciated without comparison to the other.
As far as Domino’s… I can only really quote Paul and Storm : “when you’re done with your Domino’s Pizza, eat the box because it tastes the same.”
exactly my point… presented much better.
I have linked to you now