Favorite food

Pizza is my family's favorite food.
we with the husband every week visit the Italian restaurant where to us submit juicy pizza ...
and now I would like to tell you a little about the history of pizza

In the form in which we know it, pizza appeared in the Italian city of Naples at the beginning of the 16th century, when tomatoes were brought to Europe from America. Although something similar prepared for the ancient Greeks and Romans, using instead of a plate for food (meat, cheese, nuts, garlic, pepper and olive oil) pieces of dough.

the name of the dish sounds similar to the two Italian words - piazza (area) and piatto (plate). Until the 18th century pizza was considered a dish of commoners. And how else? After all, they kneaded the dough for her with his feet, and ate with his hands, so that the fat drained into the sleeves. But King Ferdinand II, who sinned with his predilection for pizza, decided to change the attitude of the royal court to her. He summoned the best chefs led by Gennaro Spadaccini and instructed them to come up with a royal pizza recipe for the Queen's birthday.