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Help rid the world of False Pizzas

I am a pizza purist.

As a lifelong Chicagoan, I think I know a thing or two about pizza.  After all, Chicago is the birthplace of the deep dish pizza, one of the finest foods in the known universe.  I take issue when the word “pizza” is bastardized and used to describe a food that only slightly resembles actual pizza.

False Pizzas are easy to find, even in a pizza Mecca like Chicago. The most well-known distributor of False Pizzas in California Pizza Kitchen, a chain consisting of over 250 restaurants worldwide. While CPK has dubbed many of their creations “pizza,” I prefer to refer to their food as “yuppie chow.” 

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