Pizza provides the perfect palate for creativity. With minor modifications to crust, sauce or toppings, the pie takes on new personalities. Once you learn the basics, anything is possible. Learn2 offers a Pizza Dough 2torial that yields enough dough for two medium or four individual pizzas. For tried and true approaches, check out Martha Stewart's and Wolfgang Puck's pizza dough recipes.
Some cooks swear by the pizza stone.
Top whole rounds of pita bread. Use English muffin halves as a base. Buy prepared crusts or focaccia bread at the grocery store. Buy frozen Italian bread dough. Most packages come with pizza instructions.