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Why is Pizza So Good?
Season 1
Episode 30
There’s just something about pizza that makes it delicious and a lot of chemistry that goes into everything from dough to sauce to toppings to. There’s also a very specific chemical reaction at work on every single slice; It's called the Maillard Reaction, and it's what causes the browning of the dough.
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