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Book SynopsisPizza 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.
Trade Review"
Pizza City is one mouthwatering book, no matter how you slice it." -- Sam Roberts * New York Times *
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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 *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Pizza PeoplePizza 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 ReviewsThe Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Queens
Staten Island
Index
