Storm Front
By Jim Butcher
Chicago-style
Pizza! I've finally had it! Just not in Chicago. The last time I was
in Chicago was for a several hour layover with my mom on our way to
Italy. We drank coffee at Intelligentsia, and she bought a purple
hair straightener from a friendly Italian guy outside the Lego store.
(I tease her for this because we were backpacking, and that seemed
like a lot of extra weight, considering we hadn't even left the
states! But I'm the one who came back with a bag of toasted barley
and an antique coffee grinder, so maybe I'm in no position to
judge...) Anyway. What with the impromptu hair-straightening session,
we did not have time for pizza.
I'll
get back to the recipe after introducing you to Storm Front
by Jim Butcher. Books by Jim
Butcher were all over my Christmas list, but I had to wait until a
few weeks ago to get my “hands” on one—in the form of an audio
book rented from the library.
Storm Front is
a hard-boiled fantasy novel. Its protagonist, Harry Dresden, is a
cynical wizard/detective who walks a thankless and unprofitable line
between the “real” world and a world of vampires, demons, talking
skulls, etc. Most of Dresden's fellow-Chicagoans have no clue that
the world is not as they assume it to be. Thankfully, Dresden has a
contact in the Chicago police department who believes in him just
enough to call for his help with a baffling and excessively gory
case.
Dresden's
inner monologue made me laugh out loud at times, and it keeps the
novel from being too dark
and cynical. Storm Front is
not a book for children. Seductive women and shocking corpses
abound, so keep that in mind. I just want to mention that since the
previous three books on this blog would probably all be found in the
young adult section. :)
Returning
to the pizza—Dresden is from Chicago, but more importantly, he pays
some fairies for information in pizza. I don't know that the book
specified it to be deep dish, but I've made 'the usual' pizza before
and wanted to try something new!
Now,
I promise I won't do this very often, but I neglected to take
pictures while making this. Also, I pretty much followed the original
recipe found at the Sally's Baking Addiction blog step-by-step. She
has a ton of photos on
her blog and very detailed instructions. So I'm just going to send
you over there if you want to make this :) (Plus, I doubt that mine
turned out as well as hers anyway, since it was my first attempt!)
The only real change I made was using a shallot instead of an onion
because we are now a shallot family.
Next
time, I may skip the sauce and toppings altogether, and just eat some
melted cheese on top of the crust. That is my favorite part—but
it's all incredible!
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