Pizza: 50 Traditional and Alternative Recipes for the Oven and Grill

I recently purchased this book because my husband looooves pizza, but years of pizza chain delivery are catching up with us. This book has very detailed instructions of how to make your own pizza crust (five or six different types) and your own pizza sauce. It has several sections listing recipes for different types of pizzas such as traditional, modern variations and dessert pizzas. My one issue is that the ingredient lists seem a mile long. I realize that these pizzas are more artisanal than practical, but jeez! However, I found that it is easy to substitute ingredients with easier alternatives (for example, rather than chopping garlic and using garlic powder, just use additional garlic powder). Also, if I am short on time, I just buy pre-made pizza crusts from the grocery store and work my magic for the filler (and it still counts as homeade in my book!). My favorite so far is the Black Bean and Roasted Corn with Seared Shrimp pizza, but there are probably 20 other recipes that I plan on trying, which is a high hit rate for me with cookbooks. Great book!