https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/29/5-bay-area-pizza-restaurants-snag-food-wines-top-spots/ > It’s a rough job, for sure, getting paid to taste delicious melty mozzarella and tender pizza toppings, but someone’s got to do it. So Food & Wine magazine sent its digital senior editor, David Landsel, on a cross-country pizza sampling jaunt. > Now he’s reporting back on everything from Portland food trucks and Louisiana pizza vending machines to the Bay Area’s pie scene, served up with a side of philosophical pandemic musings. Pizzerias have thrived during the long lockdown, offering comfort as well as respite from home cooking, and an astonishing number of new pizza restaurants have opened, including here in the Bay Area.