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    Pizza City
    The Ultimate Guide to New York's Favorite Food

    Peter Genovese (Author)

    9780813558684

    Paperback / softback, published 13 May 2013

    200 pages, 52 color and 90 b-w photograph
    23.5 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.513 kg

    "Pizza City is one mouthwatering book, no matter how you slice it."
    - Sam Roberts (New York Times)
    "Pizza City tells the tale of New York City's favorite dish by defly kneading together the stories of the people who make it, who eat it, who chronicle it, who obsess over it. . . . a fine addition to the growing trove of NYC pizza intel."
    - Adam Kuban (founder of Slice blog) "This is the definitive guide to pizza in the most pizza-centric city on the planet. For a complete understanding of how the current pizza landscape in NYC came to be, Pizza City is a must-read."
    - Jason Feirman (I Dream of Pizza blog)
    "A comprehensive guide to pizza in the Big Apple. A brief history of pizza and pizzerias in New York City is followed by interviews with some of the city’s most interesting and, sometimes famous, names in pizza. A nonfussy, fun guide for New Yorkers and tourists alike who are looking for a good slice in the city. Recommended."
    (Library Journal)

    Pizza is a $35 billion a year business, and nowhere is it taken more seriously than New York City. Journalist Peter Genovese surveys the city’s pizza scene-the food, the business, the culture-by profiling pizza landmarks and personalities and rating pizzerias in all five boroughs.

    In this funny, fascinating book, Genovese explores the bloggers who write about New York pizza, the obsessive city dwellers who collect and analyze the delivery boxes, Mark Bello’s school where students spend a day making pies from scratch, and Scott Wiener’s pizza bus tours.

    Along the way, readers learn the history of legendary Totonno’s on Coney Island (Zagat’s number-one pizzeria for 2012), along with behind-the-scenes stories about John’s on Bleecker Street, Joe’s on Carmine, Lombardi’s, Paulie Gee’s, Motorino, and more than a dozen other favorite spots and their owners. Throughout these profiles, Genovese presents a brief history of how pizza came to the city in 1905 and developed into a major attraction in Little Italy, a neighborhood that became a training ground for many of the city’s best-loved pizzerias. Enjoyable facts and figures abound. Did you know that Americans put 250 million pounds of pepperoni on their pies every year? Or that Domino’s has more outlets per capita in Iceland than in any other country?

    Beyond the stories and tidbits, Genovese provides detailed, borough-by-borough reviews of 250 pizzerias, from simple “slice shops” with scant atmosphere to gourmet pizzerias, including shops that use organic ingredients and experiment with new variations of crusts and toppings. Complemented by hundreds of current and never-before-seen archival photos, the book gives the humble slice its proper due and will leave readers overwhelmed by a sudden desire for New York pizza.

    Acknowledgments
    Introduction

    Pizza People
    Pizza Conquers the World
    Totonno’s
    The Founder of Slice
    Wait for the Rainbow It Will Decorate the Sky
    Paulie Gee
    Don’t Mess with Ray’s or Famous Ray’s or . . .
    The Oldest Italian Cheese Store in the Country
    Joe’s on Carmine
    Miki
    The Magic Pizza Bus
    John’s on Bleecker
    Best Move I Ever Make
    Denino’s
    He Dreams of Pizza
    Tripping in Bushwick
    Going Mobile
    Lombardi’s
    The Pizza Self-Sufficiency Center
    It’s Italian for Scooter
    No Pizza Box Is Safe
    World’s Greatest Pizza Comedian
    John’s of Elmhurst
    The Greatest Thing Since . . .
    The Pizza Net

    Pizza Reviews
    The Bronx
    Brooklyn
    Manhattan
    Queens
    Staten Island

    Index
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