Comments on: Taking Back the Pizza

By: XUP

XUP — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:54:40 +0000

Bandobras – It’s better than some of the things I find in my books

By: Bandobras

Bandobras — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:39:12 +0000

Why would you want spicy red sauce in your books? That’s just weird , and ot pizza either.

By: XUP

XUP — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:49:05 +0000

CP – That does sound like a heart-stoppingly delicious cheese dough thing. There’s nothing that can’t be improved by spicy red sauce in my books!

By: The Casual Perfectionist

The Casual Perfectionist — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:40:53 +0000

I think my favorite combo is the artichoke hearts, black olives, onions, hamburger and pepperoni pizza – all with a spicy red sauce and topped with mounds of mozzarella – we get from a local chain here. Yes, it’s pizza in our minds. :p

I also really like a lot of the pizzas from California Pizza Kitchens, and we’ve never had a problem with them.

Mmmm…now I’m hungry for pizza (or whatever you call it) now…er, again!

By: XUP

XUP — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:24:17 +0000

JB – Boy, you sure get around. So, are you a pizza purist now or just staying away from that particular type of pizza/pizza chain?

UA – Oh! How excellent. Good for them. They should at least be allowed to patent the name “pizza” so that only certain combinations of stuff can be called pizza

Bandobras – OK then.

CP – by all means eat whatever you want. I’m just sayin’ don’t call it pizza. What’s your favorite combo?

Alison – 5 different cheese? Ye gods! How do the subtle flavors of the various cheeses manage to make it throught to your tastebuds?

Zoom – You’re such a rebel. It sounds delicious, but it’s not pizza.

Jazz- Do you make your own dough? And, if so how? And, if not? What do you use?

Violetsky – Isn’t it interesting that us old folk didn’t experience strange foreign foods and/or take-out foods until we were out of childhood? I usually eat pizza with a knife and fork, too.

Kimberly – Thank you. We’re well on our way to a movement — especially with Italy behind us!!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:58:20 +0000

As a pizza purist, I’m 100% with you.

By: VioletSky

VioletSky — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:14:51 +0000

Hmm, I don’t think I ever had pizza until I was in my teens, now that I think about it. I do remember eating it at my aunt’s in Scotland in the late 70’s and being very confused that they all ate their slices with a knife and fork!

I love pizza now, and you can put anything you like on it(except mushrooms). I do agree though, that sometimes it is so far removed from what pizza really is that it should have its own name.

At the moment I am having a square, thin crust, seafood and spinach thingy. mmmmmm.

By: Jazz

Jazz — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:53:44 +0000

We make our own pizza, and it’s done with tomato sauce (though sometimes a lebanese vegetable/pepper paste I don’t remember the name of), veggies and cheese.

I can’t stand greasy pizza anymore.

By: zoom

zoom — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:07:47 +0000

I make my own pizza and I subscribe to the no-rules philosophy of pizza-making. I’ve hit upon some serendipitously happy combinations, like hot italian sausage with pears and goat cheese.

By: alison

alison — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:53:02 +0000

I heart pizza too. I’m a fan of all types: from the simple (cheese and sauce), to the slightly quirky personal fave (tomato sauce, cheese, green olives, bacon, onions, pineapple — mmmm, salty and sweet), to the very, very delicious but perhaps too far from the traditional for your definition that I’ve had many times on Preston St. and managed to make a reasonable facsimile of at home (the Verona – pesto sauce instead of tomato, 5 different cheeses, red onions and tomato slices. Topped with a drizzle of spiced olive oil it’s divine.)

Damn, now I’m hungry.