The Historic Roots Of Pizza
Author: Kadence Buchanan
Pizza is an oven-baked flat usually circular bread, covered
with tomato sauce and cheese with optional toppings. All the
basic ingredients of a healthy nutritional plan are used in this
world-famous culinary product. From dining out to ordering in,
pizza has evolved to one of the most loved food categories in
the U.S. and around the globe.
The roots of modern pizza come from the ancient Greek colony of
Naples in Magna Graecia, which is the part of southern Italy. As
early as the 3rd century BC, Marcus Porcius Cato, the first
historian of Rome, mentions that people in that area used to eat
a flat round dough dressed with olive oil, herbs, cheese and
honey. Even in the city of Pompeii, archaeologists have
excavated shops that resemble modern pizzerias. Since the tomato
was not yet known in Europe, the ingredients of the ancient
pizza were somewhat different, but the concept remained the
same. During the 16th century, when tomato was transferred from
the Americas to Europe, the poor area around Naples begun adding
this plant to their yeast-based flat bread covering it with
mozzarella cheese. Soon, pizza gained tremendous popularity
among the Italian people and in 1897 the first pizza was
produced for the U.S. public by Antonio Totonno Pero who worked
as an employee at Gennaro Lombardi's small grocery store in New
York City's Little Italy.
Today, pizza has managed to become one of the main components
of the growing U.S. restaurant chains. As early as 1954,
Shakey's Pizza and Pizza Hut begun their pizza business and
today, every U.S. city has a number of pizza restaurants to
serve the ongoing needs of people for pizza. In fact, the
American pizza business is dominated by companies that
specialize in pizza delivery and well-known brands, like
Domino's, Little Caesar's, Papa John's Pizza among many others
serve the needs of the U.S. customers on a daily basis.
The crust of pizza is traditionally plain, but companies have
introduced variations with butter, garlic, or herbs and recently
crust stuffed with cheese. Topped with tomato sauce and a number
of ingredients, from pepperoni to mushrooms and bacon to
spinach, today's pizzas are capable of feeding a large family or
a group of friends watching a game on TV.
Of course, many households prefer the home-made pizza and again
many variation s exist on the bread used for the crust and the
ingredients with which is garnished. Among the most famous of
all pizzas is the Chicago-style pizza, which is baked in a pan
rather than directly on the bricks of the pizza oven.
About The Author: Kadence Buchanan writes articles for
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