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Summer pizza spectacular: 16 garden-fresh pies to try

Gear up for a summer of pizza toppings that reflect the growing season and the time for summer fun on the menu.

Tara Fitzpatrick, Senior Editor

June 7, 2022

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Make this your summer of pizza. The summer garden is a perennial source of profound inspiration to chefs, and what better way to celebrate than with a pizza party that lasts all summer long?

We’ve found summer pizzas that make most of a glorious growing season, making great use of pesto as a sauce, grilled veggies (everything from zucchini to summer squash to mushrooms, peppers and more) and stone fruits as toppings and raw arugula on top—there’s just something about that arugula on top!

Check out these inspiring summer pies that get their appeal straight from the garden, including chicken-pesto flatbread, a few different takes on caprese pizza, plus pizzas inspired by the farmers market, a summer in Greece, Creole tomatoes from Louisiana and more. Add that tangle of arugula and you’ve got a fresh perspective on seasonal pizza and a head start on your endless summer pizza party. 

 

About the Author

Tara Fitzpatrick

Senior Editor, Informa Restaurant & Food Group

Tara Fitzpatrick is Food Management’s senior editor and a contributor to Restaurant Hospitality and Nation’s Restaurant News, creating editorial content for digital, print and events. Tara holds a bachelor of science degree from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kent State University. Before joining Food Management in 2008, Tara was associate editor at National Association of College Stores in Oberlin, Ohio. Prior to that, Tara worked as a newspaper reporter in her hometown of Lorain, Ohio, where she lives now. Tara is a fan of food history, legends, lore, ghost stories, urban farming and old cookbooks. 

Tara Fitzpatrick’s areas of expertise include the onsite foodservice industry (K-12 schools, colleges and universities, healthcare and B&I), menu trends, sustainability in foodservice, senior dining, farm-to-table and innovation.

Tara Fitzpatrick is a frequent webinar and podcast host and has served on the board of directors for IFEC (International Food Editors Consortium).

Tara Fitzpatrick’s experience:

Senior Editor, Food Management (Feb 2008-present)

Associate Editor, National Association of College Stores (2005-2008)

Reporter, The Morning Journal (2002-2005)

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