| The biggest pizza ever made was baked in Norwood, | | | | In 1945, soldiers returning from WWII brought with |
| South Africa in 1990. It was a massive 100 feet | | | | them a taste for certain foods, and as their rations |
| across. | | | | were dull when fighting in Italy pizza was at the top |
| The word pizza was originally spelt as pitsa | | | | of their list. |
| Americans eat billions of slices of pizza every year; in | | | | Outside of Italy, Argentina may well be the second |
| fact the annual per capita pizza consumption is 23 | | | | best place for Italian food, especially pizza. Over sixty |
| pounds! | | | | per cent of Buenos Aires' residents are of Italian |
| Saturday night is traditionally the biggest night of the | | | | descent, which is evidenced by the massive number |
| week for eating pizza. | | | | of pizzerias lining the city's beautiful streets. But |
| America's favourite pizza topping is pepperoni. | | | | America may be a close second or third also. |
| America's least favourite pizza topping is anchovies. | | | | The people of America eat around 350 slices of pizza |
| Americans eat 90 to 100 acres of pizza per day. | | | | each second, or 90 to 100 acres per day. |
| During TV news broadcasts, most pizza is ordered | | | | Each year, the pizza market is a $30 billion industry. |
| during the weather forecast, and the delivery folks | | | | In the U.S. alone there are about 61,269 pizza |
| report that women, perhaps not surprisingly, are | | | | parlours. |
| better tippers! | | | | Everyone in the United States eats about 23 lbs., or |
| Post Columbus tomatoes were brought back to | | | | 46 slices, every year. Thats a lot of pizza! |
| Europe from the New World in the 16th century. | | | | Each year in the United States, over 3 billion pizzas |
| Originally they were thought by many to be | | | | are sold. |
| poisonous, but later became accepted and added to | | | | The most popular ethnic food in the US today is |
| pizza and bread in Italy. | | | | Italian. |
| In the 16th century, Maria Carolina, the Queen of | | | | Children aged 3 to 11 prefer pizza over all other |
| Naples eventually convinced her husband, King | | | | foods for lunch and dinner, thats according to a |
| Ferdinand IV, to allow the peasant dish pizza to | | | | recent Gallup Poll. |
| actually be made in the royal oven. | | | | Thirty six percent of all pizza orders want their pizza |
| In 1889 Raffaele Esposito, the most famous pizza | | | | topping to be pepperoni, far and away the most |
| chef created a pizza pie for Queen Margherita - | | | | popular pizza topping! |
| tomato, basil and cheese, to resemble the Italian flag, | | | | We consume around 251,770,000 pounds of |
| which remains the basis for American pizza and many | | | | pepperonis every year. |
| pizzerias serve it as a margherita pizza. | | | | Discover the pizza recipe secrets to making |
| In 1905 the 1st American Pizzeria opened in New | | | | restaurant quality pizzas every time.. |
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