The History Of Chicago Deep Dish Pizza & Stuffed Pizza

April 5th is National Deep Dish Pizza Day, one of 12 annual pizza holidays. That’s a lot of pizza parties, but for today: the history of Chicago-style pizza, also known as deep dish pizza. The differences between Chicago deep dish pizza, stuffed pizza, and Detroit-style pizza follow.     > A year of 12 pizza…
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A Detroit Pizza Recipe For National Cheese Pizza Day

September 5th is National Cheese Pizza Day. How about going beyond mozzarella with this Detroit Pizza recipe? The classic Detroit pizza uses mozzarella plus brick cheese.     WHAT IS BRICK CHEESE? Brick cheese is a specialty of Wisconsin, made in a brick-shaped form, a medium-hard cheese like Cheddar or Limburger. The mild and earthy…
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RECIPE: Detroit-Style Pizza For National Pizza Day

February 9th is National Pizza Day. We’re making a new-to-us type of pizza: Detroit-style pizza. (After we wrote this article, we discovered that Detroit Pizza has its own holiday: June 23rd. So we’ll plan a Detroit-Style Pizza party for then.) The style is known for its square shape and thick, crispy-edge crust. It’s very different…
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