The history of pizza.

The pizza has a long history, complex and uncertain. The first written records of the word "pizza" dates back to the vulgar Latin of Gaeta in 997 and Penne in 1200 and later in that of other Italian cities such as Rome, L'Aquila, Pesaro, etc.. Later, in the sixteenth century in Naples to a flat bread pizza was given the name of which derives from a mispronunciation of the word "Pitta".

At the time the pizza was a tool to be baker, a paste used to check the oven temperature [without. Dish of the poor, was sold on the street and was not considered a recipe for a long time. Before the seventeenth century, the pizza was covered with white sauce. It was later replaced with olive oil, cheese, tomatoes or fish in 1843, Alexandre Dumas described the diversity of pizza toppings. In June 1889, to honor the Queen of Italy, Margherita of Savoy, the chef Raffaele Esposito created the "Pizza Margherita", a pizza topped with tomatoes, mozzarella and basil, to represent the colors of the Italian flag. Was the first to add cheese.