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Pizza Adventure 1- Chicago

I went to Chicago this weekend and I had a very specific request of my friends- Deep Dish pizza.

Pizza is one of my favorite foods, like no joke it's the reason I started cooking a couple years ago- sauce, and crust entirely homemade (it turned out WAAAAYYY too salty). Anyway, I've always had this obsession with pizza, specifically thick crust and heavily cheesed. Chicago is my town.

We had a great time in Chicago. But the high point was lunch today, right before we left for home I suggested- well demanded, really- we go to Gino's East. It was only a couple blocks away from us at our hotel.

We walked over to Gino's and came in. It wasn't super busy, we were lucky because it had opened only a few minutes ago. We were seated and our waiter came and asked us for our drinks- water, we were broke at this point... We had a moment to discuss our pizza order and chose a large deep dish- 8 slices, half cheese/half meat lovers. We were warned that the pies would take 45-60 minutes and also ordered a stick platter (4 mozzarella, 4 mozzarella-spinach, and 4 garlic bread sticks and a cup of ranch and two cups of marinara.) They came out fast, like really fast. And it was delicious! The mozza sticks were a little bland, but the marinara sauce was, oof, tasty. My best bet was that the marinara was made of a base of carrots, peppers, and onions and then cooked in tomatoes and pureed. A good mix.

So now the pizza. We got it, I'm not sure how long it took, but it was worth almost any wait! Our waiter set the pie down and scooped out a slice for each of the vacation party. I got a slice of meat. The whole thing was so good! The meat was really crispy, and well seasoned, and the the cheese was melty and had some incredible pull, and the sauce-mmm. I got lost in it.

So my favorite part of the pizza was the crust. I don't know how to describe it- it was a freaking contradiction! It was light, yet dense. It was flaky and airy. It was like a bready cracker! Overall, I loved the pizza! It was one of my favorites!

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The Journey Begins

Hello all! My name is Lauren. I'm a hobbyist chef and I've been considering doing something like this for a while. So here goes, think will be a food blog- I'll share my recipes I've developed and talk about food stuff I really like, and/or hate. First up! I'm going to share my spaghetti sauce recipe.

Bon Appetit!

-Lauren