It is time for us to praise not defend all pizza.
On his Netflixt show “Ugly Delicious”, Chef David Chang defends his favorite Dominos Pizza order to a skeptical food critic and Brooklyn pizzeria owner, but Chang still has no love for Chicago Deep Dish Pizza.
I'm not sure why Chicagoans must always defend our pizza. Yes, it is really more of a pie—like that is a bad thing! Sure, it is a bit of heavy meal as a single deep-dish pie can weigh up to 25 lbs. And, if you can forgive the double negative, it's NOT not as good as New York style pizza, it's DIFFERENT. And if you don't like it, we know a squirrel who will happily take a crust off your hands. (After all, who hasn't seen a Chicago squirrel carrying a piece of pizza larger than its entire body in its mouth?)
I’d love to see Chicago's Pizza Squirrel (or any Chicago Pigeon) take on NYC Pizza Rat.
To quote Vince Vaughn in Wedding Crashers, "It's a great band, it's a bad band, it's like pizza, baby. It's good no matter what."
So serve-up a 600 calorie slice of your favorite Chicago-style deep dish pizza, a fork and knife (always), and dig in. And don't forget—if you're going to have a short of Chicago's favorite wormwood botanical liqueur, Malort, you better "lay a base."
Or eat like a real Chicagoan and get a nice, tavern-style, thin crust, square cut pizza.
PIZZA RAT
