PIZZA NIGHT

Make pizza night a fun weekly tradition with these 52 seasonal pizzas paired with salads for a complete mealfrom the award-winning author of Bread Toast Crumbs and creator of the popular blog Alexandra's Kitchen.

Making consistently great pizza from scratch isn't complicated. Whether cooking pizza in your kitchen oven, a tabletop pizza oven, or an outdoor wood-burning oven, it all starts with the dough.

In Pizza Night, Alexandra Stafford presents four simple doughs--thin-crust, Neapolitanish, pan, and gluten-free (plus sourdough variations)--and easy techniques for perfecting your crust. From there you can make a variety of pizzas, including Detroit-Style Pizza for a Crowd, Classic Margherita Pizza, and Winter White Pizza with Garlic and Herbs. You can make it the same day or ahead; make it extra cheesy and decadent or go the healthy road - pizza-making easily adapts to busy schedules and tastes and requires little in special equipment.

Each pizza is paired with a salad made with seasonal ingredients, from a springtime Salami and Red Onion Pizza with Calabrian Chiles and Hot Honey served with an Arugula Salad with Prosciutto and Parmesan, to a fall Broccoli Rabe and Smoked Mozzarella Pizza accompanied by a Farm Share Harvest Slaw to a summery Roasted Hatch Chili Pizza with Corn and Oaxaca with a Melon, Cucumber and Mint Salad. And then make your pizza night complete with one of a few simple desserts ( Loaf Pan Tiramisu, One-Bowl Lemon Ricotta Pound Cake). Pizza Night serves up a year's worth of delicious, inspired, and satisfying pizzas and salads.

Alexandra Stafford graduated from Yale and moved to Philadelphia, where she attended cooking school and worked in professional kitchens. After two years at the acclaimed restaurant Fork, she left to start her blog, Alexandra's Kitchen, which won a Saveur Blog Award for Most Inspired Weeknight Dinners. Her first cookbook, Bread Toast Crumbs, was nominated for the IACP Julia Child First Book Award. She lives in upstate New York with her husband and four children.