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In 2012, the world's largest pizza was made in Los Angeles. It measured 1261.65 square meters in area. [37] In 2016, robotics company BeeHex, widely covered in the media, was building robots that 3D-printed pizza. [38] In December 2017, the pizza napoletana was inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. [39]
The terms dessert pizza and sweet pizza are used for a variety of dishes resembling a pizza, including chocolate pizza and fruit pizza. [81] [82] Some are based on a traditional yeast dough pizza base, [83] while others have a cookie-like base [84] and resemble a traditional pizza solely in having a flat round shape with a distinct base and ...
The legend of pizza Margherita is considered a false history, as a pizza made with the same toppings was already present in Naples between 1796 and 1810. [10] It is widely reported that this event caused pizza to become a fad, [2] [5] from which it retained enduring popularity. Because of Esposito's experiments with ingredients and presentation ...
The Caioti Pizza Cafe is known for the garlic knots, the smoked salmon pizza (like the one from Spago), the barbecue chicken pizza (like the one from California Pizza Kitchen), "Cajun pizza", and "Rockefeller Pizza". [11] At Caioti Pizza Cafe, LaDou invented a salad that many customers believe induces labor during pregnancy.
American pizza (particularly thin-crust) is made with a very high-gluten flour (often 13–14% protein content) of the type also used to make bagels; this allows the dough to be stretched thinly and thrown vigorously without tearing. Unlike Italian pizza, [12] American pizza often has vegetable oil or shortening mixed into the dough
The original pizza was a simple, hot-baked bread without any trimmings, the staple of the Calabrian and Sicilian contadini ["peasant-farmers"] from whom well over 90% of all Italo-Americans descend. After World War I, a highly elaborated dish, the U.S. pizza of many sizes, flavors, and hues, made its way back to Italy with visiting kinsfolk ...
Lombardi's Pizza at 32 Spring Street in Little Italy, Manhattan. Gennaro Lombardi was an Italian immigrant who moved to the United States in 1897, and known for allegedly opening the first pizzeria in the United States, Lombardi's. [1] [2] He opened a small grocery store in New York City's Little Italy.
This style evolved in the U.S. from the pizza that originated in New York City in the early 1900s, itself derived from the Neapolitan-style pizza made in Italy. [2] Today, it is the dominant style eaten in the New York metropolitan area states of New York and New Jersey and is popular throughout the United