Entegra Connection Magazine Summer 2014 | Page 30

The Taste of Chicago Food Festival is held July 9-13 at Chicago's Grant Park, which stretches along the banks of Lake Michigan. GRILLING CHICAGO STYLE BACON AND RED ONION GRILLED PIZZA | By Julie Piotraschke Come across a Chicagoan, and their tough talk just might convince you that the Windy City — not Italy — is the proper birthplace of true pizza. This city is where thin, crispy dough from overseas pizzas go After creating the first deep-dish pie in 1943, Chicago keeps when they want to grow up to be real pizzas. The kind of pizzas layering on the goodness. The city now hosts the world's largest that are 3 inches thick, covered with sauce and stuffed with food festival — the Taste of Chicago — featuring more than great things 'til it overflows. Say hello to the deep-dish pizza, a 200 different foods. So in the spirit of all things saucy and the hunky piece of dough that makes you think those "pizzas" in upcoming July taste event, we're introducing you to the Bacon Naples are certainly overrated. and Red Onion Grilled Pizza. Bon Appétit!