From Eating History: How Chicago Deep Dish and Detroit Pizza Were Born!!

The Chef's Cut

Adrienne and Joe share their favorite things about regional pizza tastes, including what your favorite Chicago pizzeria says about you. Then we get a taste of Eating History, the newest podcast featuring Adrienne and her husband Stephen Bailey. They dive into one of pizza’s greatest debates: how did America’s regional pizza styles emerge, and why do people defend them so fiercely? 

Topics Covered:

  • The origins of Chicago deep dish pizza

  • The partnership that launched Pizzeria Uno

  • How deep dish challenged conventional ideas of what pizza could be

  • The key differences between Chicago and New York pizza

  • The rise of Detroit-style pizza and its automotive roots

  • Regional pizza identities and rivalries across America

  • The growth of pizza franchising and commercialization

  • The tension between preserving tradition and expanding access

Listen to Season One of Eating History now: Spotify / Apple


Follow the show: @chefscutpod

Follow Adrienne: @chefadriennecheatham 

Follow Joe: @insta.flamm


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Adrienne and Joe share their favorite things about regional pizza tastes, including what your favorite Chicago pizzeria says about you. Then we get a taste of Eating History, the newest podcast featuring Adrienne and her husband Stephen Bailey. They dive into one of pizza’s greatest debates: how did America’s regional pizza styles emerge, and why do people defend them so fiercely? 

Topics Covered:

  • The origins of Chicago deep dish pizza

  • The partnership that launched Pizzeria Uno

  • How deep dish challenged conventional ideas of what pizza could be

  • The key differences between Chicago and New York pizza

  • The rise of Detroit-style pizza and its automotive roots

  • Regional pizza identities and rivalries across America

  • The growth of pizza franchising and commercialization

  • The tension between preserving tradition and expanding access

Listen to Season One of Eating History now: Spotify / Apple


Follow the show: @chefscutpod

Follow Adrienne: @chefadriennecheatham 

Follow Joe: @insta.flamm


2026-07-20 28 min
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