Top Chef Stephanie Izard’s pizza and the big debate, NY or Chicago style?
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Today is Pizza day! Why? Because I’ve been craving it since watching Stephani Izard’s video this morning! And although Top Chef Stephanie is a Chicago girl now, she grew up in the East Coast, and admits to being a diehard fan of the NY style thin crust.
Which led us to ponder the never ending NYC thin crust versus Chicago deep dish debate. Yes, it’s been played out to death, but it’s absolutely a subject many feel passionate about! I put a quick shout out on Twitter, and here is a taste of the @replies:
Our Colorado friends Abo’s pizza placed a vote for NY. Delicious food blogger Two Peas and Their Pod voted Chicago, and she gave us her favorite deep dish pizza recipe, thank you! Gera from Sweets Foods wanted to vote from another area, but we did not hear back! So we’ll count that one as neutral, Gera let us know in the comments! Susan from Culture Trek gave us this: “ Aways thin NY, because if I wanted bread, I would eat…. bread (sorry Chicago, I love most everything else about you)”. Food writer Cate OMalley from the Sweetnicks blog had this to say: “thin crust with bubbles all the way”. Teacher and writer Carrie Havranek said “NY Thin! You need to be able to walk around with the pizza while you are doing five other things. Can’t do that w/ deep dish!” Which brings us to an interesting advantage of the big apple: foldability. New Yorkers love being able to multitask and eat their slices while driving cabs, and trekking the city, an impossible feat with silverware. My vote: sorry Chicago, the NY crispy minimalism wins my heart every time. Final score: NY 5, Chicago 1. More responses are need, let us know in the comments what your preference is, we would love to hear it!
In our featured video today, Stephanie visits Spacca Napoli where they show her their secrets for an authentic Neopolitan Italian pizza. She then goes home with two cute munchkins in tow, and she makes her own version with a white wine and honey crust, and a garlic tomato sauce with apples. Read about her experience here, and her written recipe is here. If you are an ipod user, be sure to subscribe to her podcast “The Tasty Life” so that you can catch every delicious episode.
See you in Aspen Stephanie! This just in via The Food & Wine Classic in Aspen on Facebook, “Watch Top Chef Season 4 winner Stephanie Izard challenge Top Chef Season 5 winner Hosea Rosenberg at this year’s Quickfire Classic Cook-Off.” Big cheers again for our friends from Plum Tv for getting us there!
I love both styles, but I definitely prefer the New York style thin, thumpable crust!
Thank you Hugging the Coast! The new final score: NY 5, Chicago 1. Keep the votes coming!
I’m a thin crust guy. I’d rather get fat on the toppings.
Grumpy loves the thicker crust while I love the thin crust.
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Oh yes, NY or Chicago pizza, I love both for different reasons. But if I had to make a vote it would be for Chicago! I love the thick piled on cheese of the Chicago style.
Regards,
CCR =:~)
I definitely prefer NY-style pizza for the thinner crust — it allows me to each more slices!
okay I maybe biased because you know I am a New Yorker lol I’ve had both styles of pizzas while I like the deep dish style pizza I really prefer NY style pizzas. I love how the thin crust tastes with the cheese and toppings.
I’ve been to a couple of authentic brick oven pizza joints in NYC and I have to say they really do know their stuff when it comes to making great tasting crust.
One vote for Chicago please! And for those of you haven’t decided yet, make this first!
I vote New York Brick Oven single slice cheese!!! Yuuuummy!
Ummm what can I say, Japan has cracker style crust (super thin Pizza la) but I Long for thick deep dish, we always want what we can not readily have..so des neh? So Chicago bring it on!
Cast your vote: New York or Chicago style Pizza? http://bit.ly/RDr0d RT @debohobo
Cast your vote: New York or Chicago style Pizza? http://bit.ly/RDr0d RT @debohobo
Cast your vote: New York or Chicago style Pizza? http://bit.ly/RDr0d RT @debohobo
Cast your vote: New York or Chicago style Pizza? http://bit.ly/RDr0d RT @debohobo
Cast your vote: New York or Chicago style Pizza? http://bit.ly/RDr0d RT @debohobo
Cast your vote: New York or Chicago style Pizza? http://bit.ly/RDr0d RT @debohobo
Cast your vote: New York or Chicago style Pizza? http://bit.ly/RDr0d
I usually can’t decide- my vote is for Italian style, but in terms of American pizza I really like them both!! I like the chewiness of NY style, but the deep dish never ceases to amaze me. Whomever called the Chicago style a “pizza” had no clue what a pizza was, but I quite love it and consider it the ultimate treat!
NY is my favorite the crust is a palate for the ingredients.
Great responses foodies and chefs! Thank you Colin, HoneyB, Chef Ryan, Michelle, Jessie, Debo, Vanessa, and MizLollipop!
The new score: NY 11, Chicago 6!
Hiliary, thanks for sharing your deep dish recipe, I’m off to investigate!
Zchef Heather, I would love to try the Japan cracker style crust pizza one day!
I’m definitely a bigger fan of thin NY-style pizza than Chicago-style.
I received your twitter answer delayed because it was to sent to “sweetfoods” instead of “sweet(s)foods”.
I know that this “s” is bizarre…a long story with google ended with the extra “s” in the middle.
Lets talk about pizza mmmmmm: I love both styles of pizza NY and Chicago but you know that in my country Uruguay the most popular pizza is “Chicago” style..and isn’t round, it’s square or rectangular bizarre, don’t you?
Cheers!
Gera
Ah, no worries Gera, my mistake!
Thanks for responding Hungry Engineer, the new score is:
NY 12, Chicago 7!
Editing once more for a twitter response that I missed by Susan from Culture Trek,
NY 13, Chicago 7!
@culturetrek thanks for your help, we gave you a mention here! http://bit.ly/RDr0d
Check it, yo! I got quoted in the debate about NY Thin Crust Pizza! http://bit.ly/RDr0d
@savoryTV Thanks for the mention! Abo’s Loves You! http://tinyurl.com/l9yawp
Chicago for pizza, and NY for hot dogs.
Chalk one up for the windy city from Houston Wino!
NY 13, Chicago 8!
I don’t think style matters; taste is another issue entirely.
Pink Peppercorn, great point. I think deep dish recipes are actually harder to execute correctly. Many restaurants with their time restrictions make their deep dish pizzas sloppy and altogether too moist.
Back in Malaysia, Im a thin crust kinda person. Never liked the deep dish until I came and lived in PA for 2 yrs and since hubby loved deep dish, I learned to love them. Have yet to find a good one here in CA.
Chicago deep dish is, hands-down, superior to NYC thin crust (or any thin crust, for that matter)!
-emily
NY! Um, because it’s pizza. Not an entire casserole dumped on top of a crust.