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It may be the most adaptable shared meal: cheap or elaborate, familiar or surprising.
A good crust turns a handful of basic ingredients into something genuinely greater than their parts.
Nearly every city has its own version, so loving pizza becomes a way to read local history.
The mythology often outruns the meal; plenty of celebrated slices are mostly salt, grease, and nostalgia.
Treating pizza as universally lovable ignores people who cannot—or simply do not want to—eat dairy or wheat.
Once delivery fees and premium toppings pile up, its reputation as an affordable meal stops making sense.