JAKE DE PAUL: TOSSING PIZZA >>>

Short of mac ‘n’ cheese, Guinness and bourbon, there's no better comfort food than pizza. A good pie will glisten with a sheen of grease over a thick layer of cheese and the meat of your choice (vegetables may be present for color and a hint of flavor, but they should really be relegated to the appetizer or salad), and you won't care that the cheese burns the roof of your mouth, leaving you gnawing at the burned flesh for the next week.

Mangano’s Italian Ristorante in Lacey has introduced Pizza Mondays. Every Monday night Mangano’s will be serving a special menu including some of their most popular pasta dishes and available only on Monday nights â€" pizza. If you look closely as Chef Michele as he hand-tosses the pizza dough in the air that he has a few tasty pizza options up his sleeve.

[Mangano’s Italian Ristorante, Mondays, 5-9 p.m., 9323 Martin Way E., Lacey, 360.943.9937]

LINK: Mangano's review

LINK: Eat Italian today