The Chicago Tribune reports, “When talking about food, as soon as you say ‘the best,’ as in the best 10 barbecue spots or the best coffee in the land, prepare for a fight.”

“Which is what will surely happen withFood Network magazine’s list of the 50 best pizzas in the country (coming in their September print issue on Aug. 9, but online now in a photo gallery). The format itself (a best pizza in each state) gives us pause; Chicago alone has several pizzerias we’d stack up against most any in the land. So how can you pick just one from here (or New York, or Connecticut, or …) on any list of 50 best pizzas?”