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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 ...
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
New York–style pizza is a pizza made with a characteristically large hand-tossed thin crust, often sold in wide slices to go. The crust is thick and crisp only along its edge, yet soft, thin, and pliable enough beneath its toppings to be folded to eat. [ 1 ]
Argentine pizza is a mainstay of the country's cuisine, [1] especially of its capital Buenos Aires, where it is regarded as a cultural heritage and icon of the city. [2] [3] [4] Argentina is the country with the most pizzerias per inhabitant in the world and, although they are consumed throughout the country, the highest concentration of pizzerias and customers is Buenos Aires, the city with ...
Norwegians eat the most pizza in the world according to a 2004 survey by ACNielsen 2004, 5.4 kg/year per capita. 50 million frozen pizzas were sold that year, with consumption being 22,000 tons of frozen pizza, 15,000 tons of home-baked and 13,000 tons of restaurant-made pizzas. [29]
Sicilian pizza (Italian: pizza siciliana) is a style of pizza originating in the Sicily region of Italy. This type of pizza became a popular dish in western Sicily by the mid-19th century and was the type of pizza usually consumed in Sicily until the 1860s.