Pizza

Williams-Sonoma Kitchen Library

by Lorenza de'Medici, Allan Rosenberg (Photography), Chuck Williams (General Editor)

Bake pizzas and calzone in your own home that rival those from the best Italian restaurants. It's surprisingly easy to make Spinach and Goat Cheese Pizza or Sausage Calzone. Try Four-Cheese Pizza, Asparagus and Ham Pizza, or Spring Vegetable Calzone. End a meal with a delicious Fresh Fruit Pizza or Orange and Grand Marnier Pizza. The range of possibilities is astonishing. Filled with kitchen-tested recipes from leading Italian cooking authority Lorenza de'Medici - each one shown in a glorious full-color photograph - this beautiful, practical book makes pizza-baking at home a delightful reality. All the basics are covered - from mixing doughs to shaping, topping and baking both pizzas and calzone. And an illustrated glossary provides you with a quick, convenient reference to essential terms.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction

108 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Lorenza de Medici has published more than 30 cookbooks. She has appeared in a 13-part series on Italian cooking for public television and conducts a cooking school at Badia a Coltibuono, an 11th-century estate and winery near the Chianti region of Tuscany. She divides her time between Milan and Badia a Coltibuono.

Reviews

[Kris · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little disappointed in this one. Probably best for the variety of pizza doughs. Sadly many of the combinations of toppings didn't appeal to me. Far too many dessert pizzas.

Photography could have been better because several of the items didn't even look appetizing.

Two and a half stars rounded to three.

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has fun ideas for different pizza toppings, especially those wacky "designer" ones. However, what I really use it for are its five different dough recipes: basic pizza dough, fresh herb dough, milk-based, potato-based, and cornmeal (my personal fave). Making your own dough is fun, especially if you have little helpers. Plus, your kitchen will smell amazing all day!

[Shirley · Rating 5 out of 5]

WS cookbooks, in general, contain more photos than recipes (although the recipes are accessible and interesting). Pizza has authentic dough recipe as well as innovative ones - and food processor friendly. The result is the same as "by hand" method. I would recommend this to novices and experienced cooks alike.