If it's the kneading/mixing technique alone, I am going to try that method with the next New York Pizza.
glad you liked the look of the pizza americana--i have a feeling it would appeal even more if it had cheese on it.

with that particular pizza, i didn't follow reinhart's kneading technique particularly closely. i tend to be rather lazy, and so i just threw all the ingredients in the bread machine, put it on the dough cycle, waited until it became a ball, stopped the dough cycle, waited 5 minutes, restarted the dough cycle, and then walked off for maybe 10 minutes (the recipe calls for an 'additional 2-3' minutes of kneading after the rest period, or until one can get a baker's window), wandered back, and then took the dough out.
-scott