Cultured Travel Guide Books - American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza |
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.8248
EAN: 9781580084222
ISBN: 1580084222
Label: Ten Speed Press
Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2003-11
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Studio: Ten Speed Press |
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Summary: Good, but not perfect yet
Comment: This is a very good book and author does a very good job with dough description. However, I find two problems with this book.
As a person who really likes to cook I need to know things like the size of eggplants in his recipes. Why does he not indicate the sizes and types. We have many types, but there are two major ones. A large American ones and slender Asian/Japanese ones. Without that information, it's hard to make some of the toppings for puree and such. He talks very sweetly about his wife Susan roasting a bushel of eggplants for later puree. That is great, but what type of eggplants is she roasting? This is just one example. I had to stop from making eggplant puree because it was missing _that_ information.
I don't know if it's just me, but I find this book a bit scattered. I have to move around throughout the book to make my first DOC Neapolitan pizza ie Pizza Margherita from this book.
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Summary: Not just...
Comment: Not just a great recipie and technique collection but a surprisingly enjoyable read. My good friend and "pizza mentor" calls it "The Bible" and for good reason. Buy it.
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Summary: Great Book !!!
Comment: Great book to start reading if you are in search for a great pizza !!!
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Summary: excellent book...covers thin crust pizza in great depth
Comment: This is on the best books on pizza history and technique I have seen. I think that anyone who can cook a bit and wants to make great pizza can learn and improve from this book.
I would give the book 4.5 stars if possible because the title should read "My search for the perfect THIN CRUST pizza". The author basically says in the book that he really does not like Chicago deep dish all that much, and basically almost skips over it. I personally do not mind the style, so it does not really get the perfect rating of 5 stars.
Bottom line: If you want the lowdown on how to make excellent thin crust pizza..get this book. If you are looking for deep dish style perfection...go for another book.
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Summary: American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza
Comment: I bought this book after eating a dismal pizza from my favorite childhood pizza place. I became obsessed with duplicating the recipe (having worked there as a teen) and this book fed the obsession. Reinhart's book is part love story to well crafted food, pizza in this case, and a detailed pizza cookbook. I perceive pizza in a whole new way. I've made several recipes and have learned so much already. I've almost duplicated the pizza of my youth,though Reinhart makes the case why my childhood favorite will never taste as good as in adulthood as it did in childhood. Yet the obsession continues. . . while learning new recipes that nourish my soul.
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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.
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