A pizza blog
Dough in the fridge. Pie on the table.
Homemade pizza recipes, pizza dough, oven and flour guides, and a map of pizzerias worth a detour. A blog for people who bake — not a restaurant.
Homemade pizza recipes
The pies we write up first.
All recipes
DoughNo-Knead Pizza Dough
From Jim Lahey
Mix flour, water, salt, yeast. Wait. Jim Lahey’s method — no kneading, overnight on the counter.
DoughEditorOoni Pizza Dough
By The Slice Guy
62% hydration 00 dough for a gas pizza oven — Ooni, Gozney, Roccbox. Easier to launch, still leopards.
OtherEditorCast Iron Pan Pizza
By The Slice Guy
No-knead dough in a Lodge skillet, cheese to the edge, crispy bottom. The weeknight pan pie.
Near you
Pizzerias in United States.
More nearby
This week's pick
Naples, Italy
Diego Vitagliano Pizzeria
Tied world #4 in 2025. Contemporary Neapolitan from a pizzaiolo who stayed in Naples.
New YorkAward winning2nd · WorldUna Pizza Napoletana
New York, United States
175 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002
Award winning
Tied world’s best 2025. USA’s #1 for 2026 — fifth year on that throne. Orchard Street, Lower East Side.
BrooklynEditorLucali
Brooklyn, United States
575 Henry St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Editor's pick
Candlelight, a BYOB line, and a thin round pie that made Carroll Gardens a destination.
ChicagoEditorSpacca Napoli
Chicago, United States
1769 W Sunnyside Avenue, Chicago, IL 60640
Editor's pick
Ravenswood. A Neapolitan oven in Chicago that takes the 90-second bake seriously.
The trophies
Award-winning pies — and the shops that baked them.
Award Winning
LondonAward winning1st · WorldNapoli on the Road
London, United Kingdom
9A Devonshire Road, Chiswick, London W4 2EU
Award winning
World #5 in 2025. Europe’s best pizzeria 2026 — third year. Chiswick, then Richmond, then Soho.
New YorkAward winning2nd · WorldUna Pizza Napoletana
New York, United States
175 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002
Award winning
Tied world’s best 2025. USA’s #1 for 2026 — fifth year on that throne. Orchard Street, Lower East Side.
MilanAward winning3rd · WorldConfine
Milan, Italy
Milan, Italy
Award winning
Tied world #4 in 2025. Italy’s best pizzeria for 2026 — Capece and Ventura in Milan.
ItalianPizza of the YearSunday Ragù Pizza
By Michele Pascarella
Slow beef ragù and Parmesan on a Neapolitan crust — Michele Pascarella’s Pizza of the Year 2025 at Napoli on the Road, London.
ItalianPizza of the Year · ItalyEggplant Absolute
By Pier Daniele Seu
Roasted eggplant, tomato, mint and Parmesan — Pier Daniele Seu’s Assoluto di Melanzane, Pizza of the Year Italy 2026.
ItalianPizza Classica championProvola e Pepe
By Giuseppe Cutraro
Smoked provola, black pepper, roasted tomato — Giuseppe Cutraro’s 2025 Pizza DOC World Championship Classica winner.
Pizza products
Ovens, steels, flour — by range.
All pizza products
CleaningOoni Pizza Oven Brush
Ooni
Bamboo handle, bristles, a scraper. Made to reach the corners of a 12- to 16-inch deck.
Gluten-Free FlourKing Arthur Gluten-Free 00 Pizza Flour
King Arthur
American gluten-free pizza flour. Pan or steel, grocery-store reachable.
Gluten-Free FlourCaputo Fioreglut Gluten-Free Flour
Antimo Caputo
The Naples mill’s gluten-free pizza flour. The one that actually wants to be dough.
What to buy
Ovens, steels, flour — the honest comparison.
All guides
The story
From Naples streets to a folded slice in your hand.
Tomatoes, queens, coal ovens, gas decks, and a hundred honest styles. Spoiler: they all are.
Read the historyKeep reading.
Gluten-freeEditorGluten-Free Pan Margherita
By The Slice Guy
The GF dough, pressed in a pan, tomatoes, mozzarella, basil after. Not a launch. Not Caputo.
VeganPizza di Scarola
From Naples
Naples Christmas greens: escarole, olives, capers, garlic, raisins. A stuffed pie with no cheese.
VeganPizza Pomodoro e Basilico
From Naples
Tomato and basil. A Marinara’s quieter cousin — still no cheese.
Bring the pie you swear by.
Grandma sheets, tavern thins, a honey white you invented at midnight. Share it. The neighborhood will rate it with kindness and opinions.
Share your recipeRecommend
Name the shop worth the trip.
A tiled shop in Naples, a counter in Tokyo, the slice window on your corner. Put it on the map — website, Google reviews, and why you’d go back.
Recommend a placePizza, answered
Questions bakers actually ask.
- What are the best pizza recipes to make at home?
- Start with homemade dough (New York or Neapolitan), then a cheese pizza, a pepperoni, and a Margherita. Then Detroit, Hawaiian, deep dish — and share yours.
- How do I find the best pizza restaurant or pizzeria near me — or anywhere?
- The places board is a worldwide map of pizzerias. Filter by country, city, style, or who recommended it, then open the map. Or start near you.
- What is the difference between a pizzeria and a pizza restaurant?
- A pizzeria is usually a shop built around the oven — slices, pies, maybe a counter. A pizza restaurant may have a fuller menu. This blog lists both so you can visit. The oven is the point.
- What pizza products do I need to bake like a pizzeria at home?
- A steel or outdoor pizza oven, 00 flour, a can of good tomatoes, a scale, and a peel. Start with the buying guides — oven, steel vs stone, flour — then shop the board of pizza products on Amazon.
- What are the most prestigious pizza awards — and where do the winners cook?
- 50 Top Pizza is the guide (World 100, announced each September in Naples). 2026’s best is Napoli on the Road in London. Trofeo Caputo and Pizza DOC are the championships. Pizza Maxima is the Italian press vote — Pepe in Grani took 2026. The Award-winning page lists the rooms you can visit, plus the pies credited to the pizzaioli who won.