Foods by George Gluten-Free Cheese Pizza

I made a great error. I went grocery shopping on an empty stomach just after gluten-free slices night at Zing! Pizza had ended. I needed dinner, and I had a taste for pizza. Upon reaching the freezer with the gluten-free goods at my local Shaw’s, I found it completely fogged up, its contents completely masked by the layer of perspiration on its doors.

Blindly, I opened a centrally located door, and fortunately found gluten-free pizza right where the door opened. I looked no further…

An adorable little pizza, I picked up a Foods by George Gluten-Free Cheese Pizza. Starving (and on the phone) I quickly, but distractedly finished my shopping and rushed home to make my pizza. I missed the “place pizza directly on rack” instruction and stuck mine on a baking sheet and immediately into the oven, as I unpacked my groceries.

I don’t want to say that my gluten-free pizza was entirely disappointing, because it did end up having redeeming qualities. But at first the chewiness could not be ignored! I fully recognize that this could be due entirely to cooking it on a baking sheet, yet there was, chewing away on gummy, gluten-free pizza. It had a very forced, processed gluten-free feel to it. But as I continued eating, tasting beyond the chewy crust, I discovered that this was in fact the very thin crust bar gluten-free pizza I had been craving. Gooey cheese, the perfect balance of tangy and understated tomato sauce and a crispy crunch to the crust – I was elated. In that way, the chewiness almost fit – a sort of homage to pizza being cooked in a bar and perhaps forgotten for a minute amidst mugs of beer.

Would I recommend it? Perhaps not. At $6.89 for a tiny pizza, you’re better off heading to a pizza place for a real-sized, fresh, delicious pizza. But in a pinch? Not so bad. This little Foods by George Gluten-Free Cheese Pizza satisfied my craving and didn’t make me too full.

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