1.   Besides deciding never to eat there again and hoping every other pizza maker is more fastidious, did I have an obligation to confront him about his toppings?

2.   After decades in which pizza makers have battled one another for the right to call themselves Ray, the drug bust was causing strains.

3.   But a Detroit frozen pizza maker says he does.

4.   Gaetano Esposito, one of the pizzaioli, or pizza makers, examined a slice warily, paying close attention to the crust.

5.   Nevertheless, a delegation of pizza makers from Naples, the home of the authentic Italian pies, is visiting the United States this week to demonstrate the craft.

6.   No Neapolitan chef or pizza maker or housewife apologizes for using canned tomatoes when fresh ones are not available.

7.   Pizza makers have become architectural historians, seeking out spaces that once housed a coal-burning oven, like old bakeries or restaurants.

8.   Pizza makers raced to fill house-party-sized orders, spinning pies with one eye on the game.

9.   Startled pizza makers stopped flipping pies to see, and a waitress, Michelle Masick, was incredulous.

10.   The visiting Italian pizza makers mixed and kneaded the dough by hand and chopped fresh plum tomatoes.