: "The person responsible for the current form of deep dish pizza as we know it was a Black chef named Alice Mae Redmond, who rotated as head chef between 2-3 of Chicago’s favorite pizza restaurants, but never owned her own restaurant. youtu.be/5BbUNIAPbK8?..."

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The person responsible for the current form of deep dish pizza as we know it was a Black chef named Alice Mae Redmond, who rotated as head chef between 2-3 of Chicago’s favorite pizza restaurants, but never owned her own restaurant. youtu.be/5BbUNIAPbK8?...

Jul 03, 2024 at 08:11 UTC

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[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:15 UTC

She was born and raised in the South, so when she saw how difficult it was to stretch the pizza dough over the pan using the more breadlike house recipe, she modified the recipe to use more butter to make it more like a biscuit. This allowed for much deeper crusts. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit...

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Devon @devon.eoplath.design
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:06 UTC

Tasting history mentioned! One of my favorite channels!

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