I like a plain slice. Always have. But somewhere along the way I started wanting it to taste a little more like me — and the two things I reach for more than anything else in my kitchen are mayo and Old Bay.
So one day I put them on the pizza. Together. 🍕🦀🥚
I call it May Bay, and it’s less a recipe than a habit I’ve stopped apologizing for. You take a plain cheese slice — hot, fresh, nothing fancy — drizzle mayo across the top, and dust it with Old Bay until it looks right to you. The mayo adds a creamy richness the slice didn’t know it was missing, and the Old Bay brings that salty, celery-and-paprika bite that makes everything it touches taste a little like summer near the water.
It sounds like it shouldn’t work. It does. That gap between “shouldn’t” and “does” is where most of my favorite food lives.
The May Bay “Recipe”
Ingredients (yes, all two of them):
- Mayonnaise
- Old Bay seasoning
Instructions:
- Start with a plain cheese pizza slice, hot out of the oven.
- Drizzle mayo across the top in thin lines.
- Dust with Old Bay to taste. Start light — you can always add more.
- Eat immediately. Repeat as needed.
That’s it. No crab, no tricks, no special equipment. Just a plain slice with a little extra pizzazz, exactly the way I like it. If you try it, I’d love to hear whether it converts you — and if it doesn’t, more Old Bay for me.