We Love Pizza: Everything you want to know about your number one food

by Elenia Beretta, Little Gestalten (Editor), Elenia Beretta (Illustrator)

Overview

Who doesn’t like pizza? This book gives an entertaining introduction to the dish which connects the world. Life does not work without Pizza. Learn about the beginnings in Naples and how it conquered the bellies of the world – as many cultures and countries have their own interpretation of it. We Love Pizza delivers the full box including different types of pizza from Italy to North America – including a slice of migration history –, different toppings from classic to surprisingly strange combinations, different ways of eating a pizza over to places you can eat pizza, concluding with the fact, that no matter what pizza you like most, the tastiest is the one you share with your friends and family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783967047059
Publisher:	Gestalten
Publication date:	06/29/2021
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	845,049
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 10.25(h) x (d)
Age Range:	5 - 9 Years

About the Author

Elenia Beretta is an Italian illustrator living in Berlin. She studied Editorial Illustration in Milan and works for clients like Vogue, New York Time, Süddeutsche Zeitung, or Elle Magazine, creates illustrations for clothing, or hosts workshops and Co-founder of Drawing Nights Berlin. She illustrated food books and children’s books for Rizzoli Editore and is one of the illustrators for the 3 Volumes of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. She loves traveling, cooking and skateboarding, and finds inspiration in movies, music, and literature. This is her second book with Little Gestalten.

Elenia Beretta is an Italian illustrator living in Berlin. She studied Editorial Illustration in Milan and works for clients like Vogue, New York Time, Süddeutsche Zeitung, or Elle Magazine, creates illustrations for clothing, or hosts workshops and Co-founder of Drawing Nights Berlin. She illustrated food books and children’s books for Rizzoli Editore and is one of the illustrators for the 3 Volumes of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. She loves traveling, cooking and skateboarding, and finds inspiration in movies, music, and literature. This is her second book with Little Gestalten.

Editorial Reviews

"(An) entertaining collection of pizza information with an international flavor. (...) A fun-filled, obvious must for pizza lovers." — KIRKUS

From the Publisher

2021-05-05
A fact-filled introduction to the popular food.

After boldly asserting that pizza is “the world’s favorite food,” the author explains how pizza originated in 1738 in Naples, Italy, where the first pizzeria later opened in 1830. Italian immigrants subsequently transplanted pizza to the United States in the late 19th century. Today, “Pizzas can be round or square, / In different shapes and sizes, / And sometimes what is in or on them, / Is full of big surprises,” with international variations. Norwegians consume the most pizza, per capita; Brazilians and Germans love it too. One of the most famous pizzas, the Margherita, was originally cooked for the queen of Naples in 1889, and “Chef Charlotte,” from a contemporary Naples pizzeria, provides a detailed recipe, including the proper ingredients and helpful tips to create perfect pizza dough. Suggestions for various ways to eat pizza (folded, from the box, knife and fork), record-breaking pizza facts (world’s largest, world’s longest, largest collection of pizza boxes), descriptions of different pizzas from around the world, and unusual pizza deliveries add to this eclectic, entertaining collection of pizza information with an international flavor. Topical spreads are introduced with verse, with prose details captioning colorful, humorous illustrations. These use simple shapes and flat patterns, enhancing the data with step-by-step diagrams of pizza preparation; vignettes featuring pizza fans, history, and events; and close-ups of the subject.

A fun-filled, obvious must for pizza lovers. (Informational picture book. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews