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DO YOU KNOW?A long time ago, pizza in America was an inexpensive peasant food made casalinga (home-style) by southern Italian immigrant women in their kitchens.
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The ancestors of modern-day pizzas were simple flat breads, known as foccasia in Italy that were sprinkled with different toppings.
Early pizzas were often sweet dishes, not savoury!
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Pizza was introduced to the United States with the arrival of Italian immigrants in the 19th century.
The first pizzeria in the United States was opened by Vincent Bruno in Chicago, in the year 1903.
62% of pizza toppings ordered in the US are meat toppings.
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Pizza is often classified as junk food, but it doesn’t have to be! In fact, a healthy pizza can be a balanced meal itself with carbs, proteins, fibers and more.
Approximately 251,770,000 pounds of pepperoni pizzas are consumed every year in the US alone.
Fruit pizzas are sweeter and healthier version of regular pizza and it has delicious fruit toppings.
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The average 14 inch pizza contains 25% protein per slice. 36% of Americans think pizza would be perfect breakfast. The first Domino’s Pizza opened in 1967, the first Pizza Hut
in 1958 and the first Papa John’s in 1984. The most expensive pizza ever created cost $2,745 and
contained edible gold topping.
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Looking for irresistible, succulent, scrumptious, mouthwatering pizzas?
Visit www.goodfellas.net
Call: +1 570-961-5775
E-mail: [email protected]
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