Grieving the loss of a friend — and remembering, with pizza

Rosa pizza from Pizzeria Bianco

LOS ANGELES — The week before my friend John Adams was diagnosed with cancer, we ate pizza. We sat at a table at in downtown Phoenix and talked about our time in graduate school, his dog, and the many holiday dinners he spent with my family. It was my first time visiting him since he'd moved for a job, and we were both excited to try the restaurant. "Did you know Chris Bianco was the first James Beard Award-winning pizzaiolo?" he texted when