James McNair's New Pizza: Foolproof Techniques and Fabulous Recipes

By James McNair

Creating pizza with pizzazz just got easier-and tastier. Best-selling cookbook author James McNair is back with a fresh new look at his most popular subject: pizza. Over 60 sensational recipes illustrated with 28 luscious full-color photographs make James McNair's New Pizza a delicious addition to every contemporary kitchen. McNair offers indispensable techniques for mixing, stretching, topping, and baking great pizza at home like a pro. American and Italian classics such as Chicago-Style Deep-Dish Sausage Pizza and Tomato-Basil Pizza are followed by dozens of exotic combinations, ranging from succulent Tandoori Chicken Pizza to elegant Three-Caviar Pizzettes. Pep up a party with fun and flavorful Deep-Fried Pizza Pockets, Pizza Sticks, and Pizza Roll-Ups, and then round off the evening with a sinfully delicious Apple-Triple Crema Pizza pie... now that's amore. With a bright, colorful design format, any way you slice it, James McNair's New Pizza is sure to become an instant classic.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811823644
• ISBN13: 9780811823647
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.1" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Fun, imaginative pizzas

Pizza is really what you make of it. It's one of the easiest foods to make. I was skeptical of this book... once you have a crust, who needs a pizza "recipe?" After trying a few of the exotic pizzas, the answer was clear: I do. I've tried stuffed pizzas, dessert pizzas, goat cheese & artichoke pizzas, traditional tomato, basil & mozzerella pizzas and a few of the un-pizza like pizza wraps/sandwiches. While I had to...

Absolutely brilliant!

No fresh novice to pizza making, I attempted the art two times before I consulted Mr. McNair's New Pizza. Both times I failed! My crusts were hard and flavourless, torture to bite through.That was until I found New Pizza.My first go with the recipes in this book, I made an Easy, deliciously wonderful, chewy, flavorful pizza.

Some plusses and minuses compared to his first pizza book

I thoroughly enjoyed McNair's first pizza book. It had clear instructions, interesting descriptions, wonderful photographs, and recipes that both worked well and expanded my pizza-making repertoire. I bought the new version expecting more of the same, but it has been a little disappointing. The techniques section is all text, several of the recipes don't have pictures, and the small print is hard to read against the colored...

Everything you need to know about pizza

This book is an excellent reference that teaches pizza-making beginning with the fundamentals. Instructions are given for preparing various kinds of dough by hand, food processor, mixer, and bread machine. A separate section covers common ingredients such as seasoned tomato pulp and roasted garlic. Mr. McNair's style of writing is thorough and entertaining.The first recipes are simple (tomato and garlic, garlic and olive oil)...