"New Yorkers are particular about pizza, and no one has a more
well-formed opinion than Scott Wiener."
--Newsday
One of the world's foremost pizza experts presents more than 100 weird
and wild pizza box designs
Since the origins of to-go pizza, pizzerias and pizza chains have taken
great pride in covering take-out boxes with captivating designs. They've
also wrestled with the best way to manufacture a box that can keep a
pizza looking and tasting great.
Here, the world's expert on pizza boxes presents more than one hundred
weird and wild box designs and explores the curious history of the pizza
box. Included are international designs, corporate designs, and dozens
of quirky images from mom-and-pop pizzerias.
Where does all this art come from? Scott Wiener has been collecting and
cataloging pizza boxes for more than five years. In Viva la Pizza!,
Wiener traces design trends over the past four decades and profiles some
of the world's most prolific box designers and manufacturers. The result
is a captivating overview of pizza culture and a new way to look at one
of the world's favorite foods.