Liz Barrett is the former editor-in-chief and current editor-at-large for PMQ Pizza Magazine, the nation's No. 1 pizza industry magazine, where she has been surrounded by pizza on a daily basis since 2007. She authors a weekly blog for the industry called The Pizza Insider, aiming to keep pizzeria operators one step ahead of the competition.Over the years, Barrett has interviewed dozens of pizzeria owners and visited countless pizzerias in the U.S. and overseas. She enjoyed her first slices of pizza while growing up in Michigan, had her fair share of California-style pies while living in Los Angeles for 19 years, and now enjoys visiting local pizzerias with her husband by her side in Mississippi.