Nothing says 'I love you' like ... a heart-shaped pizza

Sammy's Woodfired Pizza is warming our hearts with this heart-shaped pizza kit, with a par-baked, heart-shaped crust, tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil.

Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza celebrates Valentine’s Day with a Gourmet-to-Go passion pie kit and a Lover’s Delight dessert pizza

Feb. 13, 2020

2:10 PM

Two words for Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza’s heart-warming heart-shaped pizza kits: BE MINE.

Sammy’s $8 Gourmet-to-Go DIY kits come with a par-baked, heart-shaped pizza crust, tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil. Available throughout the month of February, Sammy’s will donate $1 for every kit sold to the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

For those who choose to dine at the restaurant, Sammy’s is offering a special Lover’s Delight dessert pizza made with goat cheese, chili oil, fresh strawberries, almonds, fresh basil and chocolate drizzle on a crispy, French-style crust.

With that, we say CRAZY 4 U.

Sammy’s Gourmet-to-Go heart-shaped pizza kit

Now through the end of February. Six locations in San Diego County: Del Mar, La Mesa, La Jolla, Mission Valley, San Marcos and Scripps Ranch. $8 for pizza kits; $14 for dessert pizza. sammyspizza.com

Sammy's Lover's Delight dessert pizza is made with goat cheese, chili oil, fresh strawberries, almonds, fresh basil and chocolate drizzle on a crispy, French-style crust. The special is available through the end of the month.

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Michele Parente

Michele Parente is the Dining, Wine + Lifestyle reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Her areas of expertise include the Valle de Guadalupe wine region, fashion, television, women’s issues and coverage of aging, such as the impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia and family caregiving. Michele is the former Sunday and features editor, where she oversaw profiles, special projects, such as the Legacy of WWII and in-depth reports on a variety of topics. She joined the U-T in 2003, supervising coverage areas that have included features, fashion, TV, Food, Consumer Health and Arts & Entertainment. Previously, Michele was the assistant features editor at The Oregonian, in Portland, as well as the Portland City Hall reporter. She spent 10 years at New York Newsday as a reporter on the crime, education, state legislature and New York City Hall beats. She was part of a team that won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting. A native New Yorker, Michele received her B.A. in political science and Italian Literature at UC Berkeley. In 1980, she studied at L’Università di Urbino, in Italy. One of her life’s goals is to make her way through each of the world’s great wine regions.