Pizz A Popular Food Eaten By Many People - 1645 Words

Pizza, a globally popular food eaten by many people in different countries throughout the world. Usually known for its circular shape, made out of dough, tomato sauce, and the variety of toppings added. Pizza has a rich history behind it and plays a role in today s cuisine and culture and developed throughout the centuries with mentions of pizza as far back to the 6th century B.C and to 1st century A.D, but not mentioned again until the 16th century. However, pizza was food for peasants in the 16th century and was not widespread, popular, and diverse compared to today in the 21st century. The earliest mention of pizza was in 6th century B.C. where soldiers of Darius the Great (521-486 B.C.) baked a kind of bread flat on their shields and†¦show more content†¦The change in 1522 was the start point in the growth of pizza and what allowed it to become a global food. However, pizza was not well known because the dish was recently developed and did not had time to gain popularity with the locals in Naples yet. Only until the 17th century did pizza achieved a local popularity among visitors to Naples who would went into the poorer sections to taste the dish made by men called pizzaioli. Pizza started to gain more popularity, but was not at the level where it was countrywide because no major figures had took notice of the new dish to promote it. Pizza managed to be acknowledge by the people of Naples and pizza was sold in the streets in Naples at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The popularity got to the point where stalls were set up where the customers could custom order their pizza to suit what they wanted. The stalls soon developed into the pizzeria where people can come together to eat, drink, talk, and soon become a common sight in Naples. How pizza managed to gain widespread demand had to do with major figures, the figures were Umberto I (1844-1900), King of Italy, and his wife, Queen Margherita di Savoia (1851-1926). The king and queen on a holiday in Na ples â€Å"called to their palace the most popular of the pizzaioli (pizza chef), Raffaele Esposito, to taste hisShow MoreRelatedThe History Of Pizza By Matt Lezotte1348 Words   |  6 Pagescommon favorite food among Americans and you can see it’s popularity all over the world. People crave it so much that now you don’t need to leave your home to get a slice of pie. Even in Italy pizza vending machines are starting to appear. Every second about 300 pizza slices are about to be eaten. The trend has no end in sight and with chains like pizza hut finding ways to reinvent the pizza people will likely keep buying those delicious slices of joy. But where did pizza begin? Many know it startedRead MoreCase: Pizza Chains of the United States and Pizza Hut10172 Words   |  41 Pageshigher standards and diversity of food. The financial metrics through year-end 2010 show significant gains for Domino’s as a result of its new market pos ition a nd adv ertising w ith acr oss-the-board (i.e., including domestic store locations for the first time since negligible growth of less than 1 percent in 2007) annual same store sales up a respectable 9.9 percent. 11 Nevertheless, still new Domino’s CEO Patrick Doyle has a challenging road ahead. Between rising food and gasoline costs, unemployment