March 4, 2019 Issue

The best New Yorker pizza shot is Davide Luciano’s scrumptious illustration for Amelia Lester’s “Tables For Two: Prova” (April 13, 2015):

Davide Luciano, illustration for Amelia Lester's "Tables For Two: Prova"

But William Mebane’s Rhode Island pizza photo for Hannah Goldfield’s “Tables For Two: Violet,” in this week’s issue, is a close second. Mebane captures the pie's grilled “black lines” and the “large shears for custom cutting” that Goldfield describes in her delectable piece.

William Mebane, illustration for Hannah Goldfield's "Tables For Two: Violet"