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Yeast for pizza doughs

We are interested in a good quality year-round yeast so we don't have to switch brands or adjust too much according to season.
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Yeast pizza dough double-raise [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Why let dough rise twice? This pizza recipe suggest to let dough raise for 1h, then push down and raise for another hour. Can someone please explain the theory behind ...
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Does salt interfere with the yeast in the dough swelling process?

I was told by a friend that, when making pizza dough, I should add the salt at a later stage than the yeast, because it might disturbe the yeast from doing its thing... I apologize for not having ...
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What is the importance of letting pizza dough sit?

I am relatively new to pizza making... I've made 10 pizzas or so. I am having trouble understanding the process the yeast makes it my dough... I see recipes ranging from 1/2 TS to 2 TS of yeast, ...
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Is 'Pizza yeast' any different than normal baking yeast?

A friend (Italian) mentioned that she uses 'Pizza Yeast' for making pizza, and one can't use normal yeast or it'll "grow too much".. I looked around the internet for "Pizza yeast" and all I found was ...