Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
Save the date: Mark Bittman, who argues this week that the best pizza is the kind you make yourself, will host an hourlong chat this Wednesday at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on The Times’s Facebook page (facebook.com/nytimes), answering reader questions on the ins and outs of making pizza. Among the topics to be discussed: how to achieve the perfect crust in a home oven, tricks for working with dough, unusual toppings to embrace, whether it’s worth investing in a pizza stone and the larger question of what makes for a successful pie. You are welcome to post your pizza-related comments and questions for Mr. Bittman below, but please join in at the appointed hour to participate in the discussion in real time.
Mr. Bittman, the author of several best-selling cookbooks, is a longtime columnist for The Times; his work currently appears in the Dining and Opinion sections as well as in the The New York Times Magazine.