{"id":618,"date":"2012-04-15T17:49:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T21:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/?p=618"},"modified":"2012-04-15T17:49:22","modified_gmt":"2012-04-15T21:49:22","slug":"wheres-the-deep-dish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/?p=618","title":{"rendered":"Where’s the Deep Dish?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear New York City,<\/p>\n

We need to talk. \u00c2\u00a0No, I’m not breaking-up with you. \u00c2\u00a0But you have some problems you need to work on. Well, one BIG problem.<\/p>\n

You have a huge pizza ego that’s writing checks your pizza ovens just can’t cash. \u00c2\u00a0Sure, you can do thin crust like no other. \u00c2\u00a0If I want to fold a slice in half on a paper plate while I’m on my way from one way to place to another, I know I can rely on you. \u00c2\u00a0If I want a\u00c2\u00a0neapolitan style pizza, with a crust cooked to crispy perfection in a wood burning oven, either classic or with innovative topping, I know you’re there for me. \u00c2\u00a0If I want to climb towards the sky with the crispy sponge of a\u00c2\u00a0Sicilian\u00c2\u00a0style pie I need not worry.<\/p>\n

But if I want a Chicago style deep dish pizza… well…. where are you? \u00c2\u00a0And don’t give me that Pizzeria Uno <\/a>line. \u00c2\u00a0You know I deserve better than that. \u00c2\u00a0And I swear, if you try and pull a fast one on me again, like you did last week, by promising a Chicago style deep dish and giving me a Sicilian, you’re spending the next week sleeping on the couch.<\/p>\n

I know you think you know it all, but here is the deal on a deep dish pizza. \u00c2\u00a0Lets start at the top. \u00c2\u00a0It’s chunky sauce or diced\u00c2\u00a0tomatoes . \u00c2\u00a0Under the sauce is the cheese. \u00c2\u00a0A deep dish pizza is a beast. \u00c2\u00a0It needs to be in the oven for a good long time and we want that cheese to stay nice \u00c2\u00a0and soft. \u00c2\u00a0(In fairness there is a reasonable\u00c2\u00a0controversy about whether toppings go above or below that sauce, but you’re about 20 steps behind that.) \u00c2\u00a0Under the cheese is 1.5 or 2 inches of doughy bread with a nice crisp bottom sprinkled with cornmeal. \u00c2\u00a0Towering above it all is a pinched rim of crisp crust.<\/p>\n

You tell me if I can make it here, I can make it everywhere. \u00c2\u00a0Well deep dish is made everywhere but here. \u00c2\u00a0Slow down, take your time, and make things right.<\/p>\n

Now you know how I feel.<\/p>\n

All The Best,<\/p>\n

Arthur Latz-Hall<\/p>\n

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Dear New York City, We need to talk. \u00c2\u00a0No, I’m not breaking-up with you. \u00c2\u00a0But you have some problems you need to work on. Well, one BIG problem. You have a huge pizza ego that’s writing checks your pizza ovens just can’t cash. \u00c2\u00a0Sure, you can do thin crust like no other. \u00c2\u00a0If I want […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[130,72,40],"class_list":["post-618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dining-out","tag-deep-dish-pizza","tag-funny","tag-pizza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}