Pizza Practice Book

Pizza Practice by Tara Jensen — Doughs, Techniques, and Toppings

From acclaimed baker Tara Jensen: The definitive primer on baking pizza dough, with brilliant color photos, illustrations, and easy-to-follow recipe layouts.

"Complete with detailed explanations of techniques, thorough instructions, and helpful tips, this comprehensive volume is perfect for bakers of all levels who are serious about pizza making." —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Pizza dough is a gateway for many home bread bakers, allowing them to experiment with different tools, toppings, ingredients, timings, and shapes. This companion guides you step by step from the simplest doughs to artisanal bakes. Here are 89 recipes any baker can perfect, with simple cook-along layouts and ways to explore different ingredients, techniques, flours, and heat sources for perfecting pizza, pita, and focaccia.

Bright and visually rich, with more than 60 color photographs, this baking book provides expert guidance on how to:

• Set up your baking space with the right ingredients and tools
• Cook over fire or with an outdoor oven, or trick out the oven that came with your apartment to bake an impressive pie
• Learn the perfect ratios of toppings to crust
• Build classics such as Margherita, Clam, and Pepperoni pizzas, as well as creative takes including Breakfast Pizza, Delicata Squash & Gruyère, and Pancetta & Brown Butter Pineapple
• Craft a foolproof focaccia
• Make pita with kids
• Finish the meal with simple sauces (Hot Honey, Lemony Roasted Garlic Cream, Uncooked Tomato Sauce) and desserts like homemade ice cream, brownies, and birthday cake

The first pizza bible written by a woman and one of the preeminent bread bakers in the US, Pizza Practice offers a new approach and everything you need to bake your best pizzas.

Accessible recipes for all skill levels: Step-by-step instructions, timelines, and photography for every phase of the dough-making process — folding, shaping, stretching, and baking — make this indispensable for all home cooks.

About the author: Tara Jensen is one of the country's most acclaimed bread bakers, instructors, and cookbook authors. Flour Power was a Washington Post Top 10 Cookbook of 2022. Her work has been featured in Bon Appétit and Food & Wine, and she was named a Southern Living Chef of the Year in 2021. She runs Dough Baby pizzeria in Loudoun County, Virginia.

Perfect for: pizza and bread lovers, home cooks of all skill levels, new and experienced bakers, and anyone looking for a standout birthday, holiday, or housewarming gift.

Hardback • 416 pages • 8.86" x 11.30"