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Dear Hollywood Pies I Miss
You AlreadyA Chicagoan bids adieu to LAs only legit deep dish
Posted on 1042013 1207 00 PM by Daniela Galarza
This morning Hollywood Pies the Pico Boulevard-based Chicago-style pizza joint
that was a secret and then wasnt a secret announced its closure As a born and
bred Chicagoan I shed a salty tear when I heard the news
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Angelenos are so wrapped up in their obsession with making great New York-style
or Neapolitan-style pizza that theyve missed the boat on deep dish And the
beauty of it Why are we so fixated on thin crust pizza anyway Why cant we just
be satisfied with a flavorful pizza pie Here now allow me to clear up some
misunderstandings about deep dish If youre a fan of thin crust thats fine I am
too But if you havent tried to appreciate deep dish well thats your loss (and I
frown in your general direction)
Its actually a pie people with an outer crust and at least an inch of filling
Thinking of it as a pie not a flatbread might ease some of your concerns about its
heft (a single pizza can weigh over five pounds not unlike a hearty apple pie)
The crust its crunchymdashnot squishy not spotted not doughy not chewy Its
not baked at 800 degrees (that would be absurd) You dont have to tip toe around
the dough or pray to the yeast gods or get all snobby about it You just make it and
fill it with delightful things and bake it until its golden brown
The sauce its a thing of beauty Its not just crushed tomatoes and salt its a
simmered-for-hours marinara laden with oregano and garlic It will last in your
memorymdashand on your breathmdashfor days I still remember the taste of Lou Malnatis
sauce (rich with umami chunky but silky bits of dried oregano throughout)
though I havent had it in years
Forget rubbery discs of mozzarellamdasha deep dishs soul can be found in its
lake of molten cheese usually a blend of ricotta and mozzarella
Its meant to be sharedmdashyoure not supposed to finish an entire pie yourself
This is a beast of a meal often enjoyed in the dead of winter while bundled in
layers a foot of snow covering the ground outside Chicagoans dont do pansy
anything pizza included If you hate yourself after eating deep dish pizza
newsflash you probably ate too much
Will you miss Hollywood Pies too Do you have a bunch of cash lying around
Ownership wants to hear from you
Categories Digest Blog
Tags LA Food Holly wood Pies deep dish pizza Chicago-sty le pizza Pico Robertson
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4282014 Dear Hollywood Pies I Miss You Already - Digest - Los Angeles magazine
httpwwwlamagcomlafooddigestblog20131004dear-hollywood-pies-i-miss-you-already 24
Angelenos are so wrapped up in their obsession with making great New York-style
or Neapolitan-style pizza that theyve missed the boat on deep dish And the
beauty of it Why are we so fixated on thin crust pizza anyway Why cant we just
be satisfied with a flavorful pizza pie Here now allow me to clear up some
misunderstandings about deep dish If youre a fan of thin crust thats fine I am
too But if you havent tried to appreciate deep dish well thats your loss (and I
frown in your general direction)
Its actually a pie people with an outer crust and at least an inch of filling
Thinking of it as a pie not a flatbread might ease some of your concerns about its
heft (a single pizza can weigh over five pounds not unlike a hearty apple pie)
The crust its crunchymdashnot squishy not spotted not doughy not chewy Its
not baked at 800 degrees (that would be absurd) You dont have to tip toe around
the dough or pray to the yeast gods or get all snobby about it You just make it and
fill it with delightful things and bake it until its golden brown
The sauce its a thing of beauty Its not just crushed tomatoes and salt its a
simmered-for-hours marinara laden with oregano and garlic It will last in your
memorymdashand on your breathmdashfor days I still remember the taste of Lou Malnatis
sauce (rich with umami chunky but silky bits of dried oregano throughout)
though I havent had it in years
Forget rubbery discs of mozzarellamdasha deep dishs soul can be found in its
lake of molten cheese usually a blend of ricotta and mozzarella
Its meant to be sharedmdashyoure not supposed to finish an entire pie yourself
This is a beast of a meal often enjoyed in the dead of winter while bundled in
layers a foot of snow covering the ground outside Chicagoans dont do pansy
anything pizza included If you hate yourself after eating deep dish pizza
newsflash you probably ate too much
Will you miss Hollywood Pies too Do you have a bunch of cash lying around
Ownership wants to hear from you
Categories Digest Blog
Tags LA Food Holly wood Pies deep dish pizza Chicago-sty le pizza Pico Robertson
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Advance Screening of Words and Pictures
Los Angeles magazine and Colombia Pictures
invite you to be one of the first to see Spider Man 2
The 2014 LA Woman Call for Nominations
The Lincoln motorcar was always built for a
person of style This is how wersquove reimagined that
style as a company for the last 90 years and what
wersquoll reimagine next Learn More
LOFT and Los Angeles magazine
present the LA top 10
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