| The biggest pizza ever made was baked in
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| | in New York City at 53 1/2 Spring St.
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| Norwood, South Africa in 1990. It was a
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| | In 1945, soldiers returning from WWII
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| massive 100 feet across.
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| | brought with them a taste for certain
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| The word pizza was originally spelt as
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| | foods, and as their rations were dull
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| pitsa
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| | when fighting in Italy pizza was at the
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| Americans eat billions of slices of pizza
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| | top of their list.
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| every year; in fact the annual per capita
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| | Outside of Italy, Argentina may well be
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| pizza consumption is 23 pounds!
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| | the second best place for Italian food,
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| Saturday night is traditionally the
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| | especially pizza. Over sixty per cent of
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| biggest night of the week for eating
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| | Buenos Aires' residents are of Italian
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| pizza.
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| | descent, which is evidenced by the
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| America's favourite pizza topping is
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| | massive number of pizzerias lining the
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| pepperoni.
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| | city's beautiful streets. But America may
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| America's least favourite pizza topping
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| | be a close second or third also.
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| is anchovies.
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| | The people of America eat around 350
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| Americans eat 90 to 100 acres of pizza
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| | slices of pizza each second, or 90 to 100
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| per day.
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| | acres per day.
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| During TV news broadcasts, most pizza is
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| | Each year, the pizza market is a $30
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| ordered during the weather forecast, and
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| | billion industry.
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| the delivery folks report that women,
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| | In the U.S. alone there are about 61,269
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| perhaps not surprisingly, are better
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| | pizza parlours.
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| tippers!
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| | Everyone in the United States eats about
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| Post Columbus tomatoes were brought back
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| | 23 lbs., or 46 slices, every year. Thats
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| to Europe from the New World in the 16th
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| | a lot of pizza!
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| century. Originally they were thought by
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| | Each year in the United States, over 3
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| many to be poisonous, but later became
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| | billion pizzas are sold.
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| accepted and added to pizza and bread in
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| | The most popular ethnic food in the US
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| Italy.
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| | today is Italian.
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| In the 16th century, Maria Carolina, the
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| | Children aged 3 to 11 prefer pizza over
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| Queen of Naples eventually convinced her
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| | all other foods for lunch and dinner,
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| husband, King Ferdinand IV, to allow the
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| | thats according to a recent Gallup Poll.
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| peasant dish pizza to actually be made in
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| | Thirty six percent of all pizza orders
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| the royal oven.
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| | want their pizza topping to be pepperoni,
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| In 1889 Raffaele Esposito, the most
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| | far and away the most popular pizza
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| famous pizza chef created a pizza pie for
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| | topping!
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| Queen Margherita - tomato, basil and
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| | We consume around 251,770,000 pounds of
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| cheese, to resemble the Italian flag,
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| | pepperonis every year.
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| which remains the basis for American
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| | Discover the pizza recipe secrets to
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| pizza and many pizzerias serve it as a
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| | making restaurant quality pizzas every
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| margherita pizza.
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| | time..
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| In 1905 the 1st American Pizzeria opened
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