Ten Tricks to Making Perfect Pizza

Deb and Alex's Smitten Kitchen is a treasure trove of beautifully photographed, delicious looking recipes. Every recipe is painstakingly outlined, including their recent post on making perfectly cooked, painless pizza. Personally, I have yet to get pizza dough right, so I'm anxious to learn.

Click through for a detailed account of the following ten points:

1. You don't need a bread machine, a dough hook or a food processor to get it right.
2. It needn't take all day.
3. It can be ready for you when you get home.
4. You don't need a pizza paddle.
5. You don't need a pizza stone.
6. You don't need a professional pizza oven, but high heat is your friend.
7. Pizza cooked under the broiler is amazing.
8. You can cook it on the grill, but only if you invite me over.
9. You can cook it on the stove.
10. You can buy pizza dough from your local pizza shop.

• Previously, HowTo: Cast Iron Skillet Pizza.
• HowTo: Make Mini Pizza Cups.