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Hi, I am Ruth Gresser from Pizzeria Paradiso in Washington D.C. Here at Pizzeria Paradiso we make Neapolitan-style pizza in a wood burning oven. We have become known over the years for making the best pizza in Washington D.C. and some say the best pizza this side of Naples.
Today I am going to teach you to make pizza. For me, the most important thing about pizza is its crust. I like to think of pizza basically as bread, a flat bread, and you put other foods on top of the bread to garnish the bread and then its cooked together, but the crust should always come through. I think pizza is just a great food. It combines starch, protein and vegetables altogether, so its a meal in itself. The best part about pizza is you can pick it up and eat it with your fingers.
So, today since the pizza crust is so important to me, I'm going to actually make two kinds of crusts for you; a white crust and a whole wheat crust. I'm going to make a couple of tomato sauces for you, and also put a few pies together so you will have a large array of different kinds of pizza to choose from. In order to this, on the simple side, all you will need is a pan, a knife, a pizza peel, a dough cutter, a stainless steel bowl, and a cutting board. So, let's get started, the first thing we will make is the pizza dough by hand.
Expert: Ruth Gresser
Email: info@eatyourpizza.com
Owner and chef Ruth Gresser grew up cooking with her mother, who owned a catering business in Baltimore, Md. Ms. Gresser cooked her way through Grinnell College in Iowa before moving to San Francisco, where she cooked for several years at Friends a Cafe and at Le Trou Robert. In 1987, she graduated summa cum laude from Madeleine Kamman's Classical and Modern French Cooking School in Glen, NH. She then moved to More »

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howieneon Flag
Is it really that easy?
Hi Ruth! I hope that you will read this comment. Well.. my wife thinks I have offically lost it. The only thing I know how to make is RESERVATIONS! Believe it or not, I am actually going to try to make this pizza. When I came home from the grocery story the other day I exclaimed that I bought something for my wife. It actully was for me... a packet of yeast! How funny! Anyhow, I am going to try this perhaps today. I also am actually going to one of the Bed, Bath and other stuff plac howieneon
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Is it really that easy? Cont'd
places to pick up my first pizza stone and peel. How fun! Anyhow.. Wish me luck! Howie Cohen, aka The King of Neon www.justneon.com
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Fantastic Pizza!
Hey Ruth, on behalf of pizza lovers everywhere, I want to thank you for your great pizza videos. You give simple step by step instructions which are very clear. These pizza recipe is easy to replicate in any home kitchen. The "well" technique is one I have used to make pasta dough but not pizza dough. It works great. Please keep on spreading the word about pizza. Hey can I get a slice? pizza on earth, albert grande pizzatherapy.com