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From focaccias to pan pizza and the deep-dish delight of Chicago-style, Pizza: The Ultimate Cookbook will capture your taste buds and your imagination. This comprehensive guide on the fundamentals of Pizza making includes hundreds of recipes that will enhance your culinary skills and leave your mouth watering as well as historical knowledge and professional interviews.Did you know that a person who makes pizza is known as a pizzaiolo? Pizza has a delicious history that travels back to Southern Italy, to at least the 10th century, where the term was first recorded. Since then, pizzaiolos developed unique flavors throughout time until pizza has become the staple we know today.This is the definitive guide to pizzas and flatbreads worldwide and features:More than 300 delicious recipes made for every palateOver 800 pages, this is the perfect gift for the pizza lover in your lifeProfiles and interviews with world-famous pizza makers will have you craving a sliceDelectable recipes will help satiate your cravings and awaken your taste buds to flavor combinations you've never tried before: BBQ Chicken Pizza, Teriyaki Salmon Pizza, Pizza with Squid Ink & Seafood, and moreGorgeous, full-color photography brings each slice to life in front of you long before you roll out the dough.The Ultimate Cookbook series:Provides a comprehensive guide to all things food – from ingredient specific to ethnic cuisine to historical facts and informationInspires your culinary art skills with beautiful images and easy to follow instructionsPerfect for the chefs, home cooks, or foodies in your lifeMakes a great holiday gift for friends, family, or loved onesSharpen your skills and feed your appetite with additional cookbooks in the series.

Journey deep into the heart of Italy with Italy: The Ultimate Cookbook. Italy is a country with a culinary tradition like no other, one that symbolizes the comfort of home and food’s power to bring people together all across the globe. Italy: The Ultimate Cookbook is a thorough, wide-ranging look at the genius that guides the cuisine in each region of Italy, celebrating the country’s unmatched ability to preserve traditions while always seeming fresh and contemporary, and featuring:  500+ authentic regional recipes from Southern, Central, and Northern Italy, each one centered around Italy’s famed emphasis on fresh, quality ingredientsEffortless and elegant handmade pastas Enlightening histories of the most famous Italian recipes and ingredientsBeautiful photography that provides both instruction and inspiration Hundreds of antipasti, contorni, primi, secondi, dolce, and pane so that you can enjoy the celebrated cycle that makes up the full Italian mealTips on purchasing and working with ingredients, handling difficult preparations, and much more