recommend making your own homemade pizza dough. while it requires a bit of advanced preparation, the crust is really the key to great pizza.
hint: this pizza dough recipe will make enough for one large pizza or two small ones. i will often make up a batch of dough, and only use half. the other half can immediately go into the refrigerator until the next day. place it in a zip-lock bag and pit into cold storage before it has a chance to rise. the next day, simply toss the bag on the warm counter to rise for a few hours.
wash the artichoke hearts, mushrooms, and basil leaves. cut the artichokes 