I'm a Little Behind... Again.
Current Debates
and their Offshoots.
A couple of weeks ago, it seemed that
just about every blogger I read on a regular basis was exploding into
controversy. This debate is one that inevitably rears its head, dividing
otherwise good friends, creating enmity where none existed before, and generally
making life uncomfortable for everyone, especially those who could care less.
It is a subject people are passionate about, and the passion they feel for the
subject will cause them to lay waste to anyone with a dissenting opinion. In
today's polarized environment, it acts as yet another flash point for conflict.
The difference is so fundamental that no compromise is
possible.
The controversy is,
of course, pizza: New York vs.
Chicago.
I don't have a dog in
this hunt. I know there must be some good New York pizza out there, but I have
yet to eat it, at least in New York itself. The local pizza place that enjoys
our custom is "New York Style," but since it contains flavor and lacks a
veritable Niagara of yellow-orange grease cascading off of every slice, it isn't
like the New York pizza I have had. On the other hand, Chicago "deep-dish"
pizza is just too much of a gut-bomb for me these days. Too heavy, too much
stuff going on there.
"Since
I don't have a favorable opinion of either of these types of pizza, why are you
going on about it?" I hear you cry. (Come on, it has been a long time since I
have put words in my Dear Readers' mouths, and it seems about time to do it
again). I am so glad you asked. John and I have had an enduring conundrum in
our lives. We once lived in Somerville, MA, a town with a fairly large Italian
population, a huge number of Italian restaurants and markets, and (at least as
far as we could discover) no good pizza whatsoever. How does that
happen?
Posted: Friday - June 17, 2005 at 08:16 AM
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