Pizza, pizza!

I love pizza like the next guy.

Here's the thing, though: Going out for a pie is one of my favorite activities, but sometimes it's nice to just make it at home. But there's a slight problem with this in that I don't know much about pizza dough making.

Of course there's always the Buy-your-dough-from-a-local-pizzeria solution. I recently did this, topping the pie with roasted butternut squash, caramelized onion, spicy sausage and smoked mozzarella. It was delicious, but it felt like I was cheating.

Until a few months ago, I'd baked homemade pizza in an old 9 x 13 sheet pan. A co-worker kindly gave me a pizza stone and it motivated me to try my hand at some dough. It turned out well, but it still wasn't Luzzo's, Motorino or Michael Angelo's quality.

Obviously, I'm not surprised my dough didn't taste the same. First off, I'm certain these recipes have been passed down forever. Plus, I just don't have the right equipment—a pizza stone, as great as it is, cannot do what a professional oven can.

Either way, I'm now on a mission to find the most amazing pizza dough recipe. Have one you'd like to share? Please send it my way. Keep in mind that I'll be using a pizza stone (which reminds me that I need to pick up a peel—a vital tool I'm missing) and that I have a tiny, conventional oven.

In return, I'd be more than happy to provide some of my topping ideas. Swiss chard, bacon and smoked gouda pizza anyone?