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[23] Emmanuele Rocco described in 1849 the main types of pizza, today called marinara, Margherita, and calzone in Francesco De Bourcard's second volume of Usi e costumi di Napoli e contorni descritti e dipinti: [24] The most ordinary pizza, called coll'aglio e l'olio (lit.
A small pizza is sometimes called pizzetta. [23] A person who makes pizza is known as a pizzaiolo. [24] The word pizza was borrowed from Italian into English in the 1930s; before it became well known, pizza was called "tomato pie" by English speakers. Some regional pizza variations still use the name tomato pie.
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 ...
1989 commemorative plaque in Naples marking the 100th anniversary celebration of the creation of pizza Margherita Uncooked pizza Margherita on a pizza peel. Pizza Margherita, also known as Margherita pizza, [1] is a typical Neapolitan pizza, roundish in shape with a raised edge (the cornicione) and garnished with hand-crushed peeled tomatoes, mozzarella (buffalo mozzarella or fior di latte ...
Hawaiian pizza is a pizza originating in Canada, traditionally topped with pineapple, tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, and either ham or bacon. History Sam Panopoulos , a Greek-born Canadian , created the first Hawaiian pizza at the Satellite Restaurant in Chatham-Kent , Ontario, Canada, in 1962.
New York–style pepperoni pizza, displaying its characteristic thin foldable crust. New York–style pizza is traditionally hand-tossed, [7] consisting in its basic form of a light layer of tomato sauce [4] sprinkled with dry, grated, full-fat mozzarella cheese; additional toppings, if desired, are placed over the cheese. [7]
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
[2] [3] Ed LaDou was the first pizza chef at Wolfgang Puck's Spago restaurant in Los Angeles. [4] He also developed the first menu for the American chain restaurant California Pizza Kitchen. [4] The invention of the California-style pizza begins with a Berkeley, California, pizza restaurant, Chez Panisse, and its owner, Alice Waters. [5]