Answer: no.

But this piece in The Chicago Tribune is interesting , if only for the fact that I didn't know that a lot of people from Chicago think that there isn't good deep dish pizza outside of the Windy City area. That's not true. For example, in the Boston area, deep dish pizza has been around for decades and is as popular here as thin crust pizza. In the mid-80s I worked at a pizza place and all we sold was deep dish. I've found that much of the pizza that people rave about in the big cities is actually overrated, whether its thick or thin crust. But there's a lot of good pizza out there.

I like both deep dish pizza and thin crust. It all depends on what mood I'm in.

Dear Domino's,

I'm not going to lie to you. When it comes to fast food pizza, I'm a Pizza Hut guy. Actually, before I even get to calling Pizza Hut, I'll go with one of the two local pizza places in my town. They're two of the best pizzas I've ever had anywhere, and I usually go with one of them. But last night I had this craving for one of your deep dish pepperoni pizzas. Plus there's a Domino's right next door to my apartment and I didn't feel like going across town.

So I went to you web site and almost ordered the pizza online. Not because I'm lazy, but because I've never ordered a pizza online before and thought it would be fun. I decided to just walk over because it's only about 33 steps from my front door. But while I was on your site I noticed something that troubles me.

I really wanted to make a deep dish pizza for our D-themed day at Slashfood, not only because it starts with the letter "D," but because I have never made one before. I really only like thin crust pizzas. I generally find deep dish pizza to be too gooey, with a soggy crust and far too much cheese and sauce ladled in. It is inconvenient to eat because you cannot - certainly not easily, in any event - pick up a slice and eat it from your hands, as you can with thinner pizzas. However, I thought I should still give it a try.