Pizza by Pippa Cuthbert and Lindsay Cameron Wilson - GIFT

Pizza by Pippa Cuthbert and Lindsay Cameron Wilson, 187 pages. CompanionHouse Books (Fox Chapel Publishing), 2019. $20. 9781620083741

Language: G (0 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG; Violence: G

BUYING ADVISORY: GIFT - OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Through an exploration of pizza and its different forms (like calzones), Cuthbert and Wilson open the eyes of their cookbook’s users to a world beyond cheese, pepperoni, and hawaiian. Explanations of the history and variation of pizzas around the world introduce the cookbook, and their recipes illustrate their belief that, when it comes to toppings, less is more.

Reading through the introduction and explanations at the beginning, I felt that Cuthbert and Wilson gave enough information to be interesting without going into too many details and boring readers. They also do a great job at making the recipes extremely user-friendly by using both metric and non-metric measurements and temperatures as well as explaining the different names of ingredients used.  My favorite part of the cookbook is how Cuthbert and Wilson encourage those following the recipes to experiment. With all the mouth-watering recipes and pictures, it’s impossible to flip through the book without marking a couple to try. The mature content rating is for the use of alcohol in some recipes.

Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen