Pizza Facts
- -The plural for Pizza is Pizze, not Pizzas, as commonly used outside Italy. Impress the waiter, ask for 2 Pizze!
- -The word “Pizza” has been used for the first time in latin manuscripts from 997 AD.
- -The oldest “modern” Pizza is the Pizza Marinara.
- -The simplest and most common Pizza, the Pizza Margherita, was made in 1887 in Naples, by a cook named Raffaele Esposito, in honor to the Italian Queen Margherita di Savoia., with the colours of the Italian flag: basil for green, mozzarella for white and tomato for red. He was also the first one to use cheese on Pizza.
- -Pizza became international thanks to the many Italian emigrants that in the late years of the XIX century and during the Second World War, moved to foreign countries.
- -If you order a “pepperoni” you will get red, green or yellow sliced pepper on your Pizza, as a “peperone” is a vegetable in Italy. If what you mean to eat is meat, you might consider call it sausage or salame to avoid disappointment and confusion.
- -In over 100 years, Pizza has been widely customized in every foreign country to go with the local taste. Don’t be surprised if in Italy you can’t find chicken or pineapple as a topping!
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