Shop until you drop, and then recharge with a decent California wine and designer pizza.

But the singularity of "designer pizza" avoids the messy issues of who gets the largest slice.

In truth, good designer pizzas may come the closest to reproducing authentic Italian pizzas.

The quesadillas, which resemble designer pizzas, look especially enticing.

The designer pizzas are everything the menu promises: thin, crusty and irresistible.

But avoid the designer pizza, $3.50 for a leaden slice with toppings like goat cheese and sun-dried tomatoes.

Meritage offers a half-dozen designer pizzas in addition to more traditional pies.

It mass-produces designer pizzas at reasonable prices (nothing on the menu is more than $10.50) and keeps on growing.

The designer pizzas are equally successful.

Imagine a country with one-thousandth the population of America that delivers all the goods and services of modern life, from designer pizza to open heart surgery.