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Modern pizza evolved from similar flatbread dishes in Naples, Italy, between the 16th and mid-18th century. [2] [3] The word pizza was first documented in 997 CE in Gaeta [4] and successively in different parts of central and southern Italy.
[31] [32] The first mention of the word pizza seemingly comes from a notarial document written in Latin and dating to 997 CE from Gaeta, demanding a payment of "twelve pizzas, a pork shoulder, and a pork kidney on Christmas Day, and 12 pizzas and a couple of chickens on Easter Day". [16] Modern pizza evolved from similar flatbread dishes in ...
A single people's day celebrated with jajangmyeon, the black noodle dish which gave the day its name. November 11 Pepero Day: Begun in 1994, this is an observance in South Korea similar to Valentine's Day, but held on November 11. The original purpose of the day was to exchange peperos with each other in hopes of becoming taller and thinner ...
A book from 1799 narrows pizza’s birthday even further: It describes pizza as being a dough with tomato sauce and cheese, so we know it was invented by at least then.
Frank became a franchisee of Papa John's Pizza in 1994. [2] By 2001, he owned 133 locations. Based in Houston, his company runs stores in Kansas, Arizona, Missouri, California, Texas and Hawaii, including several in his hometown of Wichita and the suburbs of Derby and Andover, under the franchise name PJ Wichita LLC., before selling the franchise to then Franchise President Terry Newman.
In honor of National Detroit-style Pizza Day on June 23, Buddy's and Jet's Pizza have specials going. ... was first created in 2021 by local chain Buddy's Pizza to mark its 75th anniversary.
Some regional pizza variations still use the name tomato pie. [6] [7] Distinct regional types developed in the 20th century, including Buffalo, [8] California, Chicago, Detroit, Greek, New Haven, New York, and St. Louis styles. [9] Thirteen percent of the United States population consumes pizza on any given day. [10]
Super Bowl Sunday held the record for busiest pizza delivery day for a good long time, but now takes second place to Halloween. It makes sense — you’ve got all your buddies over for the game ...