The Bestest Way to Reheat a Pizza

I have been posting so much about pizza that I figured I better add another category label. At any rate, this is a really short post about (IMO) the best way to reheat leftover pizza.

First you gotta wrap up the leftovers. It doesn't matter if its foil or wrap, but you don't want the leftovers to get that hardboard quality from being stored in the box (or – god forbid – even open on a cardboard disc in the fridge acquiring the cumulative flavor funk of your fridge.

DO NOT use a microwave. I'll concede it is faster, but it leaves the pizza kinda limp, and as it cools the crust gets a sort of toughened quality (and eventually hard).

While I cannot say I invented it, I've been doing this since I was a teen with great results.
The method you have to try is using a frying pan, set to a medium low heat. Place the slices crust-side down, and place a lid (I have the tempered glass lid pans which is nice). Heat em until the cheese starts to melt on top and the top gets hot. The bottom crust will be crispy (and keep an eye on it-- you don't want to burn it). For my oven its abut 15 minutes (on electric burner set to 3.5 /9).

PIZZA, PIZZA...

Some things have changed so much since I was in college. Other things are constant and perpetual... and  pizza has got to be one of 'em. Nothing brings back 'fonder-er' memories than the late night 'za delivered fresh and hot from the Pizza Pit in old Mad-Town.

It was a momentary reprieve from the grind of studying / cramming filled with saucy and cheesy goodness. It was the accompaniment to a cold brew on a VHS/Beta movie night in a good friend's dorm room (note: the drinking age was once 18 in Wisconsin). It was the solace after a heartbreaking end to a relationship.

Funny thing was, there was always some student from another state, arguing that the 'pizza back home' was so much better. Predictably, the guys were often from Chicago or New York... but one guy was from Cincy and another from Detroit. It wasn't until years later that I learned about Ohio pies and Detroit style pizza. Like religion, politics, and women; the topic of pizza can bring folks together or cause rifts.

I'll leave it up to you to decide which locale has the best pies.

Check out the 21 (and some sites have more) regional pies out there and plan a road trip!

http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/01/a-list-of-regional-pizza-styles.html?ref=skybox1