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Pizza Rant #2: The Deep Dish Pizza Conundrum

For a few weeks now, I’ve been pondering the possibility of reproducing an acceptible version of a Chicago Deep Dish Pizza at home. I’ve been searching for pizza dough recipes (There’s a minor controversy about corn meal; I’ll write about that later), and I’ve also been looking for the proper pans to bake them in. Then the Obama thing happened (he ordered deep dish from St. Louis. Read Pizza Rant #1) and I figured I should start blogging about my minor culinary quest. DEEP DISH PIZZA… THE PAN After a bit of exhaustive research, I’ve done it. I’ve ordered some… Read More »Pizza Rant #2: The Deep Dish Pizza Conundrum

Pizza Rant #1 of many to come

Pizza Rant #1 (4-10-2009) I’m all worked up about pizza right now because our beloved President Obama has chosen to fly his Deep Dish Chicago style pizza from … ST. FREAKIN LOUIS! I’ll chalk this one up to higher priorities (fixing our economy, iraq, afghanistan, flying in the Jonas Brothers for his daughters) and a limited experience with St. Louis and their history of ‘pizza’. Mister President, not all midwest pizza is the same. Normally, when talking about pizza, people divide into two categories and start a ‘NY vs Chicago, Deep Dish vs Thin Crust’ war. Often, I argue that… Read More »Pizza Rant #1 of many to come