Square Pie Guy - by Marc Schecter (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

From the owner of San Francisco's famed Square Pie Guys comes the ultimate guide to making irresistible Detroit-style pizza at home. With 60 foolproof recipes, Square Pie Guy shows you how to achieve crunchy crusts, caramelized cheese edges, and perfect flavor in any home oven--plus easy gluten-free and vegan options so everyone can enjoy.

Square Pie Guy is the ultimate guide to Detroit-style pizza: crispy-edged, cheesy, and unapologetically satisfying. This debut cookbook brings the iconic flavors of Square Pie Guys home, offering easy recipes that turn a standard kitchen oven into a pizza powerhouse. With clear guidance on doughs, sauces, toppings, and technique, it demystifies the process while keeping things fun and flavorful.

Create mouthwatering pizzas--from The Pepperoni and Detroit Margarita to inventive favorites like Chicken Tikka-ish, Elote Pie, and a crispy pastrami Nice Jewish Pie--each capturing the bold, creative energy that made Square Pie Guys a Bay Area sensation.

This is a love letter to Detroit-style pizza and the joy of sharing it. With pro tips, smart shortcuts, and the signature humor and hustle of Square Pie Guys, it shows home cooks how to achieve that caramelized cheese edge, airy crust, and saucy perfection that have made Detroit-style pizza the country's hottest obsession.

Whether you're a life-long home pizza maker or a total novice, Square Pie Guy will give you the confidence to create the crispy, cheesy Detroit-style magic everyone's craving.

About the Author

Marc Schechter is the owner and founder of Square Pie Guys, a Detroit-style pizzeria in San Francisco. A self-taught pizza aficionado, Marc is not your typical chef. He grew up on Long Island, New York, attended college in Miami and graduated with a job in sales and a plan to work his way up the corporate ladder. But when he started? making pizza in his apartment kitchen in Berkeley, California, his life took a vastly different turn. Marc fell in love quickly and began apprenticing in several Bay Area pizzerias. Eventually, he started a Detroit-style square pie pizza pop-up in a San Francisco wine bar. Almost a decade and 100K Instagram followers later, Square Pie Guys is the leading Detroit-style pizzeria in the? Bay Area with three dine-in locations plus an additional ten locations offering delivery and pick-up). In addition to running the restaurants, Marc manages the @Pizza account on Instagram (1.1 million followers), and creates video content for Gozney, a pizza oven brand. He lives in Oakland, CA with his wife.

Gabi Moskowitz is the editor-in-chief of the nationally acclaimed cooking blog BrokeAss Gourmet. She has previously authored Dead in the Kitchen: The Official Grateful Dead Cookbook, The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook, Pizza Dough: 100 Delicious, Unexpected Recipes, and Hot Mess Kitchen. Gabi was also a co-producer of Young & Hungry, a successful Freeform comedy loosely based on her life. Gabi has contributed regularly to The Washington Post, The Guardian, and Lenny Letter. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, Evan.