Product Description

Fully illustrated, American Pie is a fascinating look into the great pizzas and pizzerias of Italy and America. Included are in-depth pizza-making techniques, more than 40 classic pizza recipes, and an engaging narrative of Reinhart's pizza hunts with such food luminaries as Rick Bayless, Jeffrey Steingarten, and Joanne Weir. Reinhart's insatiable curiosity - and appetite - and gift for storytelling make this a must-have book for the avid cook.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #184585 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 272 pages

Customer Reviews

A quest for pizza perfection
Pizza. Short word full of memories. Peter Reinhart brings us along his culinary journey to find the perfect pizza. Travelling through Italy and the US he lets us sample the different types of pizza: Roman, Napoletana, New York style, etc. As a keen reader of his other works I know that this guy knows what he is talking about. It is hard not to dribble over the pages! The book instructs you on how to make the different types of pizza crusts, sauces and toppings, as well as how to get the best results out of your oven. Highly recommended for anyone that loves simple food made with love!

Great book for pizza fanatics
This book has a really nice feel about it. You really get the sense the auther REALLY loves pizza.

The first part is the story of his jornery finding the best pizza in italy and america. As a brit I have to say I found the italian section really interesting but lost intrest soon after he starts his search in america which is two thirds of the first part. But that is just me I would rather know about true Italian pizza that which pizza shop in new york does the best pizza.

The second half of the book goes into great detail about making dough and has about 8 (off the top of my head)diffrent recipes. One thing I did find is he talks about a neo-neoplian pizza which you have to read the first part of the book to know what he is talking about. He also describes several different sauces, toppings and types of pizza

Having said all this I love the book and have really enjoyed going through all the diffrent dough recipes to find my perfect pizza.