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I’m in love. Did you know? With pizza.

I love the dough: the mixing, rising, and baking.

I love the toppings: the simple, the complex and the infinite combinations in between.

And that’s what this book contains: instructions for making dough and eight topping recipes.

It begins with a simple Margherita, escalating through salami, pears and truffle oil, finally culminating in lardo.

What is lardo? Read on...you will like it. And you will love it on your pizza.

Pizza: It’s all about the love.

“When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore....”

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MARGHERITA page 10

SPICY SALAMI page 12

SWEET ITALIAN SAUSAGE page 14

PEAR & GORGONZOLA page 16

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ALL YOU KNEAD page 06

Easy:

Moderate:

Challenging:

(your house pets could do it)

(possible supervision required)

(timing is everything)

LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY:

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TOOLS page 26

THANKS & CREDIT page 27

ZUCCHINI FLOWER page 20

CARAMELIZED ONION & GRUYERE page 22

LARDO page 24

MUSHROOM, TRUFFLE OIL & PARMESAN page 18

John, obviously.

Marmo and The Box.

The good people of Ricoh for generously donating their printing services.

Just Food for their support of this project and their mission to unite local farms and city residents of all economic

backgrounds with fresh, seasonal, sustainably grown food.

Alysha for indulging my passion for pizza.

Scott & Tommy who perused endless half-completed book layouts.

Sarah and Brittany, my taste testers.

Kaz, who has half my brain.

Toby who ate all the toppings that fell on the floor.

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John and Elana Talk About Food: johnandelana.comFollow us on Twitter @johnandelana

80% of the proceeds from this book were donated to Just Food: justfood.org

Printed on a RICOH production color device: ricoh-usa.com

And with the help of Square Root Creative: squarerootcreative.com

Pizza photography & styling: Elana Iaciofano

Photograph of Elana by: Tommy Mendes | tommendes.com

Fashion by: Emily & Abigail of Wanderlust | lovelywanderlust.comand also by: Meghan Hargrave | inspiredbuy.blogspot.com

Food Styling by: Emma Feigenbaum | emmafeigenbaum.com