Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crust Pizza

Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by kenjilopezalt on Saturday March 18, 2023 @03:31PM (#35212294)

I actually talked with Jim Ellison who is a historian of Columbus style pizza. He also confirmed the style started in taverns on the south side of Chicago and spread from there, including to Columbus where it took on its own regional differences (particularly swapping sausage for a ton of pepperoni, and using a different style of pan).

We had to cut some bits from the article for length.

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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by abawany on Saturday March 18, 2023 @04:43PM (#35212915)

Unrelated, but thank you for your excellent articles and YT videos. I'm a big fan and even though my ability to execute these recipes is limited, I learn a lot of techniques from your work that I am able to apply.

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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by codemac on Saturday March 18, 2023 @05:08PM (#35213131)

Thanks for correcting me! I will hold in my heart that this is chicago-washing, regardless of evidence to the contrary. And Jim Ellison is definitely more knowledgeable than me.

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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by therealdrag0 on Saturday March 18, 2023 @06:05PM (#35213565)

Kenji, I noticed you show up once every few years on HN when your article is posted. How does that happen? Do you set up alerts? Does your publisher let you know or ask you to engage with the comments? Do you read HN any other time? Thanks.

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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by kenjilopezalt on Sunday March 19, 2023 @03:48AM (#35216919)

I have a lot of friends (mostly from college) on here who inevitably tell me when something of mine shows up.

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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by nickthegreek on Sunday March 19, 2023 @11:22AM (#35219871)

Love your YouTube. Need more late night snack povs!

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