Description
Recipes for homegrown pies from all regions of the country. Chef Craig Priebe has scoured the countryside, stopping in promising pizzerias to discover the tastiest pies. Smoked ham and cheddar? Roasted cauliflower and salsa verde? These toppings would be blasphemous in Naples, but in The usa anything goes—anything that tastes delicious, that may be. His findings are collected here—stellar examples representing each and every style of pizza. What makes this collection of prize recipes especially fun is that every one has its own personality reflecting its local influences. From Seattle’s Serious Pie comes pizza with white bean puree, asparagus, and Parmesan; from Los Angeles’s Mozza, squash blossoms with burrata. The legendary Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix offers up a pie with red onion, rosemary, and Arizona pistachios, at the same time as Louisiana Pizza Kitchen brings us one with crawfish étouffé.
Also included are blueprints for all sorts of dough (from Sicilian and sourdough to New York and gluten-free), a range of adaptable base sauces, an introduction covering tools and techniques, and an address book for the entire pizzerias featured. The United States of Pizza shows that the country isn’t such a lot a melting pot, but as an alternative a giant pie bubbling over with a fabulously diverse array of creative flavor combinations.