We've covered ten food holidays so far in 2016, and it's only Feb. 9! What a time to be alive, with excuses to eat wonderful foods popping up left, right and center. Today is, in fact, the best of all the food holidays. It's National Pizza day.
Pizza is universally loved. Whatever style is your favorite, be it New York-style floppy and cheesy, Italian wood oven fired thin, crisp and chewy, deep dish stuffed and saucy, or anything in between, there's a pizza out there that's captured your heart.
In honor of this sacred day, we've rounded up 20 amazing pizza (or pizza-inspired) recipes for you to click and drool over. Brace for extreme pizza cravings and head to the grocery store to pick up ingredients to put one together for dinner.
1. Homemade Margherita Pizza from A Beautiful Place.
2. Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Sticks from I Wash You Dry.
3. Roasted Garlic and Spinach White Pizza from Eat Good 4 Life.
4. Spicy Sausage and Pepperoni Pizza from Table For Two.
5. Texas Toast Garlic Bread Pizza from Recipe Diaries.
6. New York-Style Pizza from Feeling Foodish.
7. Pizza Cake from I Wash You Dry.
8. Philly Cheesesteak Pizza from Chocolate with Grace.
9. Pepperoni Pizza Braid Bread from Tablespoon.
10. Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza from Sally's Baking Addiction.
11. Fig and Prosciutto Pizza with Balsamic Drizzle from Spache the Spatula.
12. Homemade Pizza Rolls from Tasty Kitchen.
13. Mushroom Pizza with Arugula and Truffle Oil from Style at Home.
14. Grilled Pizza from Simply Recipes.
15. Goat Cheese and Caramelized Onion Pizza from Minimalist Baker.
16. Julia Child's Eggplant Pizzas from Kalyn's Kitchen.
17. Lemon Ricotta White Pizza from Modern Granola.
18. Butternut Squash Veggie Pizza from Minimalist Baker.
19. Egg Pizza With Prosciutto, Ricotta and Spinach from Ciao Florentina.
20. Shrimp Fra Diavolo Pizza from Gimme Some Oven.
Happy Pizza Day! May all your days be filled with pizza, but especially this one.