Homemade pizza but better

The growing popularity of pizza around the world is undeniable – home cooks are experimenting with different toppings, sauces, and pizza doughs, artisanal pizzerias are popping up in even more remote locations, and pizza ovens can already be found in many backyards. What could be better than eating pizza and chatting with knitting friends?

Homemade Pizza but Better by Jukka Salminen is the guide for every pizza lover. In his first book, Jukka shows you how to create the ultimate pizza experience in your own home with delicious ingredients and just a few simple utensils. He gives the reader a detailed insight into the most important tools and skills a pizza maker needs, as well as how to handle the basic pizza ingredients: the dough, the tomato sauce, and the toppings. Jukka introduces readers to traditional pizza styles from Naples to New York and offers recipes for 6 different pizza doughs and 27 delicious pizzas – not to mention the perfect sauces, toppings, and drinks!

Jukka "Slicemonger" Salminen is a photographer, musician, and pizza enthusiast from Tampere, Finland, who has been working with pizza for several years. The social aspect of pizza making is also important to Jukka—he believes cooking and eating together is simply the best thing there is.