Creating Pizza is an Ancient Art
Although Americans these days can vacuum down many pieces of greasy, saucy pizza⎯pizza didn’t originate in a vacuum.
June 11, 1889 was the date of the first “pie” ever made. It was a pizza garnished with tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil, to represent the national colors of Italy as on the Italian flag. It was called the pizza Margherita.
The first pizza in the United States was invented by Thomas Alva Edison in Menlo Park, New Jersey. But the first pizza ever made was in Italy.
The Queen of Italy, in 1889, liked her pizza with “soft white cheese, red tomatoes, and green basil,” according to hungryhistory.com.
The history of pizza goes all the way back to the ancient times in the Middle East. Greeks, Egyptians, Armenians, Israelis, and Babylonians were making some “art” of pizza in the ancient times according to hungryhistory.com. Pizza was eaten for any meal and sold by street vendors or informal restaurants.
United States had its first “documented” pizzeria on Spring Street in Manhattan called G. (for Gennaro) Lombardi’s and licensed to sell pizza in 1905. G. Lombardi’s is still open today but not at 1905 location. “has the same oven as it did originally,” noted food critic John Mariani, author of “How Italian Food Conquered the World.”
Pizza’s popularity in the United States has boomed and is identified as a “fast, fun food” according to hungryhistory.com.
“Like blue jeans and rock and roll, the rest of the world, including the Italians, picked up on pizza just because it was American,” explained Mariani.
Now, pizza has expanded way past Margherita-ville.
I was surprised that the first pizza ever made was made in 1889
i enjoyed this article because i was curious to know when and how invented pizza.
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Most of this I didn’t know and I found it interesting. I really enjoyed reading this. Especially reading the details of the pizza, it made me hungry.
This was an interesting article that provided me with new information about one of America’s most eaten foods. The facts about when the foods were first made was particularly interesting.
I am italian and I LOVE pizza and this just made my love even more profound, so I thank you for that!
I absolutely love pizza, and this article was very interesting. New facts I have never known about this delicious food were uncovered for me, and I found it extremely enjoyable. Kudos to McKenna!
I enjoyed reading about the history of pizza along with its invention. I found it quite interesting learning about the first times pizza was used and eaten along with the places it was eaten. This article leads me to want to learn more about pizza.
Very interesting article, I personally like pizza so now knowing how pizza all began, it puts a new perspective when I eat pizza.
I enjoyed reading this because I found the origin of pizza making very interesting and fascinating.
This article is absolutely amazing! I loved learning that pizza was an “art”. Its pretty cool! Thanks.
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