Memorable Pizza

Pizza came of age in the eighties and there is not much more that can be said about it. I only want to add a few notes about what I consider the single most important aspect of pizza—the crust. There are so many opinions about what makes great pizza, who makes great pizza, what region makes the best pizza, and on and on, that my best contribution to this uniquely American debate must focus on the area of my own passion. The choice of unusual toppings such as goat cheese, whiskey-fennel sausage, marinated sun-dried tomatoes, kalamata olives, and other occasions a debate in itself. The respective merits of tomato sauce and pesto, or mozzarella cheese and Monterey Jack or Cheddar, of dried Parmesan and fresh—yes, I have an opinion on all of these but who has not? Crust, though, is the foundation of good pizza and it is about this that I would like to say my piece.