I love pizza, but didn't realize it was so old. The name is first found in a Latin manuscript back in the 10th century in Southern Italy.
Oh wow that is a really long time ago. I wonder what that pizza would have looked like.
Traditionally it was a yeasted flatbread topped with tomato sauce and cheese. Presumably the ancient pizza was of a similar design.
Are there different styles of pizza around the world?
I think the basic design is the same everywhere, but there are regional variations in the US. Pizza has even become popular in Bangladeshi urban areas.
Oh really? That is interesting. What else can you tell about pizza?
. Many companies sell ready-baked frozen pizzas to be reheated in an ordinary home oven.
The "Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana" (lit. True Neapolitan Pizza Association) is a non-profit organization founded in 1984 with headquarters in Naples that aims to promote traditional Neapolitan pizza. In 2009, upon Italy's request, Neapolitan pizza was registered with the European Union as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed dish, and in 2017 the art of its making was included on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage.
Etymology.
foretells that the Trojans would not find peace until they are forced by hunger to eat their tables (Book III). In Book VII, Aeneas and his men are served a meal that includes round cakes (like pita bread) topped with cooked vegetables. When they eat the bread, they realize that these are the "tables" prophesied by Celaeno.
Modern pizza evolved from similar flatbread dishes in Naples, Italy, in the 18th or early 19th century. Prior to that time, flatbread was often topped with ingredients