There are some things you can’t buy in this country for love or money. One of them is pizza with hot dogs embedded in the crust from Pizza Hut. After all the publicity, it turns out they are available only in the U.K. It is probably just a clever ploy by the British government to increase tourism. What other reason could there be to visit England?

For a few weeks, I thought Pizza Hut had reached the heights of hot, hand-held dining. Then, thanks to my friends on Pinterest, I learned that I was woefully behind the pizza times. They alerted me to the fact that in the Middle East, Pizza Hut is offering “Crown Crust Carnival” pizzas. One has an outer crust studded with chicken nuggets; the other is surrounded by mini-cheeseburgers. Yummy! And so authentically Italian! It could be better only if it were put on a stick and deep-fried. I don’t know why these pizzas are available only in the Middle East. You’d think that people in Naples would be screaming for them — Naples, Texas, that is.

Pinterest, for the uninformed, is the latest Internet social-media phenomenon. It lets Web surfers, with the push of a button, post things they have found on the Internet to a personal bulletin board that they can share with others.