The invention of Pizza
Who does not love a cheesy pizza dripping with fresh mozzarella cheese laden with a topping of fresh vegetables. Made your moth water? It mande my moth water too. Pizza is a favorite with children and adults alike! But do you know how this extremely delicious dish come into existence?! Food of a region is actually a reflection of it's culture and life-style. Some delicious food items that came into existence have an interesting history behind them. They also have many dishes which resemble them. The same is true for our pizza. Pizza has actually been defined differently be different historians. While the Italians are credited for making the first pizza, the roots of this dish can be tracked back to the Egyptians who ate flatbread baked on the oven. Another dish similar to pizza and also considered it's precursor can be traced to the Greeks who ate baked flatbread topped with olive oil and spices. Today it is called the focaccia bread. The first pizza...
