kilikini wrote:

> A clam and garlic pizza is excellent. It doesn't have a red sauce; it
> doesn't even really *have* a sauce - other than like an herb butter. It's
> basically garlic and clams on bread with a touch of parmesan. Think of
> eating steamers in a garlic broth and then dipping a crusty bread into the
> broth. Same thing, sort of, just a different way of serving it.


Precisely. I would maintain that the tasty delight you describe is a
sort of open faced sandwich on crusty bread, not a pizza. The absence
of tomatoes, sauce, and melted cheese prevents it from being called a pizza.


--Lia