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If you think it's all just deep dish, you don't know Chicago Pizza.

Chicago Thin Crust Pizza – Yes, It’s a Thing and There’s a Recipe

Welcome to: Chicago Thin Crust Pizza – Yes, it’s a thing. In Deep Dish 101 Lesson 3, I told you about 3 styles of Chicago pizza (There are 4 now).Chicago Thin crust is one of them. Here’s a refresher, courtesy of Dr. Screeny McShots-a-lot: So you’re probably asking, “how can I make this glorious style of pizza at home?“ Well, I’m glad that you probably asked! I’ve been working on both dough and sauce recipes (and italian sausage too!) for a home version of the typical style of thin crust pizza that you’re likely to find in Chicago and its… Read More »Chicago Thin Crust Pizza – Yes, It’s a Thing and There’s a Recipe

This One Goes Out To Jon Stewart

It’s easy to compare apples to oranges, but let’s not talk about fruit. Let’s talk PIZZA. Chicago Deep Dish may be strange and unfamiliar to a New Jersey native, but it is PIZZA, regardless of what Jon Stewart and his East Coast “Pizza Truther” writing staff think. But as my earlier fruit comparison suggests, let’s try comparing things that are a little closer to themselves. I mentioned in an earlier post that Chicago has THREE distinct styles of pizza: Deep Dish, Stuffed (blonde double-crusted step-child of Deep Dish), and Thin Crust. If you’re going to keep dragging out this tired… Read More »This One Goes Out To Jon Stewart

Pizza Night with the Kids!

I’m making pizza with my niece and nephew tonight! We’re actually using thin-crust pizza dough (still-in-the-testing-phase) tonight, because the kids like to hold their pizza slices, but we’ll still use my deep dish pans just to make it a little easier to get the pizzas in and out of the oven. Here’s a few tips to make Pizza Night with the Kids a little easier: Make your pizza dough ahead of time. You can use my Chicago Thin Crust pizza dough recipe if you like, or there are tons of basic pizza dough recipes on the “inter-webs”! Portion out ingredients… Read More »Pizza Night with the Kids!