Pizza is not just one of the most consumed foods worldwide, but it also has an interesting past.
I first had deep dish pizza as a teenager because I grew up 90 minutes north of Chicago. It contained all the things I adored and was thick, creamy, and gooey. In the Chicago vs. New York pizza debate, call me a traitor, but after living in New York City for 17 years, I’ve developed a strong preference for a thinner crust. Do not misunderstand me; I still enjoy deep dish pizza and have a great appreciation for the wide range of toppings and crusts that the inventor of pizza probably never dreamed of. But since moving to Chicago, I’ve learned to value life’s smaller pleasures, including pizza.
I first had deep dish pizza as a teenager because I grew up 90 minutes north of Chicago. It contained all the things I adored and was thick, creamy, and gooey. In the Chicago vs. New York pizza debate, call me a traitor, but after living in New York City for 17 years, I’ve developed a strong preference for a thinner crust. Do not misunderstand me; I still enjoy deep dish pizza and have a great appreciation for the wide range of toppings and crusts that the inventor of pizza probably never dreamed of. But since moving to Chicago, I’ve learned to value life’s smaller pleasures, including pizza.
The first pizza was created where?
Though the majority of people associate pizza with Italy, historians concur that the food has a much older origin—at least, if you define pizza broadly. Take flatbreads, for instance. These were consumed by the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians, who topped them with various oils and herbs. Persians were making flatbreads topped with cheese and dates as early as the sixth century BCE, which is a pizza topping that would be at home at a contemporary artisanal pizza joint.
However, pizza as we know it today was originally a type of flatbread that was popular in the underprivileged areas of Naples, Italy.
When was the first pizza made?
Although they haven’t been able to determine a specific date, historians have been able to significantly reduce the range. Pizza couldn’t have been created until until the 1500s because tomatoes didn’t arrive in Europe until that time (they weren’t first accepted because they were believed to be poisonous).
By describing pizza as bread topped with tomato sauce and cheese, a book published in 1799 helps us pinpoint the dish’s creation date.
And we know the dish was popular enough to give rise to a profession according to an Italian census done in the late 1700s, which identified a few persons as “pizolas” (pizza makers) in Naples.
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