Presented by Ed Levine,
Author and lecturer

Pizza is the single most popular food in the United States, and wherever you go you can always find it. In fact, we consume 33 billion dollars worth of pizza annually from the 63,873 pizzerias in America.  Having consumed 1,000 slices of pizza in one year, across 20 states, Canada and Italy, Ed Levine certainly possesses a firsthand, encyclopedic knowledge of the dish.  Is there an American pizza aesthetic? How does one go about judging pizza? Is there such a thing as a good frozen pizza?   Ed Levine tackles the profound questions and never-ending debates that invariably come up whenever the subject of pizza is brought up in polite company.  This year’s pizza centennial is a milestone laid claim to by Lombardi’s Pizza, which opened its doors in New York in 1905. Celebrating this anniversary is Ed Levine’s A Slice of Heaven: The Ultimate Pizza Guide and Companion.

From pizza to pastrami, Ed Levine has made a career out of the passionate study of foods we all love. He is a regular contributor the New York Times Dining section, and his New York Eats and follow-up New York Eats (More) are landmark books devoted to the best food resources—renowned and obscure—to be found in the five boroughs of New York, including purveyors of everything from kosher pickles to kimchee.

Program was hosted at SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AT KENDALL COLLEGE