Deep Dish, Midwest Delicacy

null Nov. 19, 2023 10:35 am ETA worker prepares a deep-dish pizza in Chicago, March 31, 2022. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty ImagesBorn in Detroit, with a mom from Charles City, Iowa, and a dad from Springfield, Ill., I can’t be anything but Midwestern (“Midwest Is a State of Mind” by Faith Bottum, op-ed, Nov. 14). Though I now live in Connecticut, this is still my state of mind, with its niceness too.During my more than 20 years in Chicago and its suburbs, I perfected making one of the area’s great delights: deep-dish pizza. Nothing tops deep-dish pizza or a Midwestern state of mind.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8Continue reading your article witha WSJ subscriptionSubscribe NowAlready a subscriber? Sign InSponsored OffersKohl's: Black Friday Deals: Score 20% off sitewide and in-storeWalmart: $25 Off Walmart Promo Code | Valid on Any $50 OrderTarget: Take 20% off Your Entire Order - Target promo CodeAliExpress: Black Friday Pro

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A worker prepares a deep-dish pizza in Chicago, March 31, 2022. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Born in Detroit, with a mom from Charles City, Iowa, and a dad from Springfield, Ill., I can’t be anything but Midwestern (“Midwest Is a State of Mind” by Faith Bottum, op-ed, Nov. 14). Though I now live in Connecticut, this is still my state of mind, with its niceness too.

During my more than 20 years in Chicago and its suburbs, I perfected making one of the area’s great delights: deep-dish pizza. Nothing tops deep-dish pizza or a Midwestern state of mind.