What's your favorite style of pizza?

[PennyCentury]

New York (gas, wood or coal), Chicago deep dish, Connecticut style, West Coast, Greek Pizzaria style, White Pie? Grilled? Traditional toppings or off the wall? Beach pizza?

I'm partial to a nice garlicky white pie.

[sneakyjapan]

mine.

[Bluej58]

Chicago deep dish!!!!!

[dickey]

New York,coal fired,John's,Arturo's of Greenwich Village, or Patsy's of Harlem. The best in the world. Period.

[Brad Pittiful]

Originally Posted by PennyCentury

New York (gas, wood or coal), Chicago deep dish, Connecticut style, West Coast, Greek Pizzaria style, White Pie? Grilled? Traditioinal toppings or off the wall? Beach pizza?

I'm partial to a nice garlicky white pie.

for clarification purposes...there are only two styles...NY style and chicago...other wise everything else is based off NY or chicago styles

this was public service announcement

[SixString821]

Grotto's Pizza from good ol' Delaware. Its the best there is.

[imsilly]

Originally Posted by Brad Pittiful

for clarification purposes...there are only two styles...NY style and chicago...other wise everything else is based off NY or chicago styles

this was public service announcement

Well that doesn't make a bit of sense seeing how the Neapolitans invented modern pizza. So I guess Neapolitan pizza is the only kind and everything else is based on that logic.

It's also the best type by a long distance, most other styles of Pizza are basically over the top messes. Quality ingredients and skilled preparation are what makes a good pizza, not calories included or how many types of cheese it has.

[Eric Karonen]

At one time it was anything goes, but now I like it simple: Margherita, but the dough and cheese better be good! It's so hard to find a good crust nowadays with all the chains, not to mention the skim milk mozzarella they use.

Oh, and I happen to like anchovies on occasion.

[dburns]

I really love it all...mostly anything doughy that has sauce and cheese works for me. But I prefer the thin crust New York style. I'll try most toppings but like to stick with the basics like pepperoni, shrooms, peppers, onions, sausage etc. Even tho I'm not too picky with what I'll try, very few pies get my ringing endorsement. I'm not too snobby to settle for one of the chain places once in awhile, but you'll never hear me say that they are good. I'm just a pizza junkie.

[puremania]

The less crust, the better. That's my general rule of thumb. If I want bread, I'll buy some Challah...

[Yoni]

Pizza made with NY water. NY style pie...I have to go to grimaldi's out here for my pizza.

[imsilly]

Originally Posted by Eric Karonen

At one time it was anything goes, but now I like it simple: Margherita, but the dough and cheese better be good! It's so hard to find a good crust nowadays with all the chains, not to mention the skim milk mozzarella they use.

Oh, and I happen to like anchovies on occasion.

This is one achilles heal with pizza. The ingredients must be incredibly high quality to make it work and sadly most of the ingredients can't be made or transported to many places. So it is virtually impossible to get a really authentic high quality pizza outside a few specific areas.

Mozzarella is a good example because it cannot be chilled (as it destorys the internal structure of the cheese ruining texture and flavour) and must be eaten fresh. So most people will never ever get to eat real, properly made and fresh Mozzarella. It is rare if near to impossible to get any proper Mozzarella outside Italy. I know that here in the UK special herds of the right buffalo bread had to be imported just to create a small amount of real Mozzarella. Even then very few resturants would even use the right Mozzarella.

Again a lot of the time people don't use the right tomatos for the sauce, though its easier to get as it can be tinned without ruining the flavour.

Anyway it's virtually impossible to get proper pizza outside a few resturants with artisan surpliers.

I might be biased I once had pizza in Naples when I was a kid that made me despise all other pretenders. Luckily in the past few years a few places making traditional Neapolitan pizzas opened in South London, so I can atleast get close.

[Parma_TeleMon]

We've got this place in Parma called Antonio's - perhaps you've heard of it. Other than that, I'm a big fan of Chicago-style deep dish.

[smsuryan]

pepperoni and pineapple

[Brad Pittiful]

Originally Posted by imsilly

Well that doesn't make a bit of sense seeing how the Neapolitans invented modern pizza. So I guess Neapolitan pizza is the only kind and everything else is based on that logic.

It's also the best type by a long distance, most other styles of Pizza are basically over the top messes. Quality ingredients and skilled preparation are what makes a good pizza, not calories included or how many types of cheese it has.

im talking about USA pizza styles...its NY or chicago...i saw a show on it...its true cause it was on TV

[puremania]

THE TV SAID IT!!!!!

[Brad Pittiful]

Originally Posted by puremania

THE TV SAID IT!!!!!

the TV never lies...just look at the news

[Eric Karonen]

Originally Posted by imsilly

This is one achilles heal with pizza. The ingredients must be incredibly high quality to make it work and sadly most of the ingredients can't be made or transported to many places. So it is virtually impossible to get a really authentic high quality pizza outside a few specific areas.

Mozzarella is a good example because it cannot be chilled (as it destorys the internal structure of the cheese ruining texture and flavour) and must be eaten fresh. So most people will never ever get to eat real, properly made and fresh Mozzarella. It is rare if near to impossible to get any proper Mozzarella outside Italy. I know that here in the UK special herds of the right buffalo bread had to be imported just to create a small amount of real Mozzarella. Even then very few resturants would even use the right Mozzarella.

Again a lot of the time people don't use the right tomatos for the sauce, though its easier to get as it can be tinned without ruining the flavour.

Anyway it's virtually impossible to get proper pizza outside a few resturants with artisan surpliers.

I might be biased I once had pizza in Naples when I was a kid that made me despise all other pretenders. Luckily in the past few years a few places making traditional Neapolitan pizzas opened in South London, so I can atleast get close.

You are right on the mark with your comments. We've got a new Neapolitan pizza place in Toronto, but I haven't tried it. Naples is the origin of Italian pizza. I read once that they used to crack an egg in the middle of the pie.

I want to try a Turkish pizza one day .. I know a place, but haven't got around to it.

[RodeoTex]

I used to love ham and pineapple pizza from all the big 3: Pizza Hut, Dominos and Little Caesars - then I went to Chicago and had some real pizza. It has ruined me forever.

I still eat the fast food stuff but it shouldn't even be called pizza. I was perfectly happy in my ignorance...

[EdgarHF]

Thin crust, not the deep dish they pawn off on the tourists.