Some folks go for broke when dressing their pizza, ordering or making a pie with a salad bar's worth of toppings (think of the various "[Blank] Lover's" pizzas out there. Other folks are more restrained, wanting to taste the subtle interaction of the pizza's basic components. What about you? How many toppings do you put on your pizza? » More

A plain pie from De Lucia's in Raritan, New Jersey. [Photograph: Nick Solares] Says dmcavanagh: You get the look of this pizza when you use shredded cheese. The cheese melts quickly and mixes with the sauce to form the "orange" look. Shredded cheese has more exposed surface area and thus you get a lot of fat released from the cheese during cooking. I prefer to use sliced cheese on pizza, but this look is very common in NY style pies and pizzeria pies in general. Most buy their cheese pre-shredded. Which inspired this week's poll: Do you prefer shredded... More

Ah, football. The regular season started yesterday. And while folks lucky enough to hold tickets often tailgate before heading into stadiums nationwide, those of us at home often do something a bit easier — pick up the phone. The subject of this week's Slice pizza poll: Do you order pizza for your football watching parties? » More

It's Labor Day here in the U.S., a holiday whose name and a little free association helped inspire this week's pizza poll on Slice: Do you work — or have you ever worked — in a pizzeria? » More

Slice has always taken for granted that fresh mushrooms were better on pizza. But after some recent discussion on the SE pizza site, it's clear there's an argument for canned 'shrooms. So today's pizza poll tackles the oh-so-pressing issue canned or fresh? » More

Casual observation in slice joints across NYC (and in a Slice poll on seasonings in general) shows that people tend to ignore the salt shaker. What about you? Do you salt your pizza? » More

As much as I love the stuff, both Girl Slice and my doctor would be on my case if I ate pizza as a full meal* every day. I'm no slouch when it comes to slice consumption, but even I have to take a break every now and then. Even then, I don't think I go longer than three or four days before breaking my pizza fast. But enough about me. What's the longest you've gone without eating pizza? (Given the nature of the crowd that visits Slice, I already have an idea of what the distribution will look like on this poll.) More

How do you store your leftover pizza? In aluminum foil? Reusable containers? In the box in the fridge? In the box on the countertop? Or do you even have leftovers to store? We want to know in this week's Slice pizza poll » More

Garlic and mozzarella simply don't belong together on a pizza. Or maybe they do. This week's Slice poll: Do you like the garlic-mozzarella combo? » More

It's NYC Pizza Week on Slice, and the one of the things that people either love or hate about New York–style pizza is its greasiness. And, yeah, I know NYC pizza doesn't hold the corner spot on oiliness, so anyone who eats pizza anywhere is welcome to answer this week's poll: Do you blot the grease from your pizza? » More