Who doesn't love pizza?

People claim pizza is an Italian food, but America does it best: Chicago style, New York style, thin crust, hand-tossed, thick crust, stuffed crust; pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, onions, you name it, we've got it. My wife makes a lovely sourdough crust pizza - don't get much more Alaska than sourdough pizza - and if she doesn't feel like making pizza, we can go get a great pizza at our little local community center, and get all the news from the region into the bargain. 

Everybody loves pizza, but the state that loves pizza most may come as a surprise.

It's New Hampshire.

The No. 1 destination for pizza in America isn't New York.

And it's not Chicago either.

That distinction belongs to … New Hampshire.

That's right. Each U.S. state was ranked by how much it loves pizza, according to research from Maine Lobster Now. 

The study analyzed the number of pizzerias per 100,000 residents, along with people's interest in pizza, by using data from Google searches and the average price of pizza in each state.

Travel + Leisure reported on the study and provided statements from Maine Lobster Now. "New Hampshire is the ultimate destination for pizza lovers," Maine Lobster Now said in a statement provided to the publication.

Now, I'm a little skeptical of Google data, but it seems like the number of pizzerias per 100,000 folks is a pretty solid indicator. The denizens of New Hampshire are buying enough pies to keep all these pizzerias open, so they must love them some pizzas. And who doesn't love pizza?

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In my travels, I've eaten some great pizzas. One of the best slices I've ever laid jaws on was in Europe, but not in Italy; it was in an Italian restaurant in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, west of Frankfurt, and it was a wonder: A thin, crisp crust, just a drizzle of sauce, salami and pepperoni, sprinkled liberally with what appeared to be a couple different cheeses. When working in New Jersey, I used to regularly patronize a place called the Central Pizzeria, which had great sausage/pepperoni, but now appears to be out of business.

A place I used to frequent in Layton, Utah, when I was working there, had a great pepperoni special, with three kinds of pepperoni, all subtly different, and cut differently to tell them apart (I presume.) Until then I wasn't aware there was more than one kind of pepperoni.

I tended to avoid pizza in Japan. They tend to put odd things on pizza, like fish and squid. But one time, while I was in Osaka with three colleagues to take in the fall festival, we ran across a joint advertising "Pizza, American style," and sure as shootin', they put out a big thin-crust pie with plenty of cheese and sausage. We bought one and devoured it, right there on the sidewalk.

Everybody loves pizza. My wife and I have a tradition of pizza and a movie every Friday night, which we have been doing for nearly 30 years. Plenty of Americans, I feel certain, have similar habits. I think the great thing about pizza is that you can make it for any taste, there is such a huge variety of crusts, toppings, and sauces - there's something for everybody.

Except pineapple. Putting pineapple on pizza is a crime against man and nature. (I kid, I kid.) 

New Hampshire, though, apparently has the record for loving pizza the most, and I have to admit, that wasn't on my bingo card for today.

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