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While the first pizza delivery was to royalty, Americans have embraced this Italian delicacy as something that can be delivered to their homes in about 30 minutes.
In 1889, Queen Margherita Teresa Giovanni of Italy was the guest of honor while visiting Naples. A local taverna owner created a dish for the occasion – a pizza using ingredients for each color of the Italian flag. The Margherita pizza was made with tomatoes (red), buffalo mozzarella (white) and basil (green) and delivered to the queen so she wouldn’t have to come to the taverna.
Getting a pizza now doesn’t involve protocol or royal servants – only an address and a phone or internet connection.
For food that originated in Italy, pizza stands as an American institution despite the divide between Chicago-style deep dish and New York-style thin crust.
Initially, Italians baked flat pieces of bread and then added herbs to create foccacia, then considered a snack food. Only after Italians returned from the New World were tomatoes introduced to their diet. People from Naples started putting them on foccacia despite the misconception that tomatoes were poisonous.
From humble beginnings, the pizza business in the United States is worth a staggering $30 billion in sales each year. In 1905, the first pizzeria was opened in the United States by Gennaro Lombardi in New York City. After World War II, many veterans returned from the war in Europe and opened pizzerias to serve the food they enjoyed in Italy.
Most of the pizza made in New York was inspired from Naples, which has serves a thin crust.
Pizza in Chicago made history when former University of Texas football star Ike Sewell and partner Ric Riccardo opened a pizzeria in 1943 with a deep dish pizza.
However you slice it or what you put upon it, a pizza makes for a delicious treat fit for a queen or any royal subjects.
For delivery pizza to Houston's Memorial, Tanglewood, Bunker Hill, Hedwig Village, Spring Valley, Piney Point areas, be sure to check our Memorial Telephone Directory.
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