Post by barb43 on Apr 30, 2023 19:24:39 GMT
Who Invented Pizza? Inside The History Of Where And When The World’s Most Popular Flatbread Originated
What follows is simply the latter part of this interesting history of 'how, where, and when' pizza was cooked up.
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What follows is simply the latter part of this interesting history of 'how, where, and when' pizza was cooked up.
In 1905, Gennaro Lombardi opened G. Lombardi’s on Spring Street in Manhattan, making his pizzeria one of the first documented joints to sell the dish with a license. By most accounts, G. Lombardi’s was the first American pizzeria, but it didn’t take long for similar restaurants to pop up all across New York, Chicago, Boston, New Jersey, and anywhere else Neapolitan immigrants were settling.
In the 1950s, pizza continued to take over the world. Pizzeria owner Rose Totino came up with the brilliant idea of selling frozen pizzas — the same Totino whose name lines the frozen aisles of grocery stores today.
In 1958, the first Pizza Hut opened in Wichita, Kansas. A year later, the first Little Caesar’s opened in Garden City, Michigan. The next year, it was Domino’s in Ypsilanti. In 1962, a Greek-Canadian named Sam Panopoulos made a name for himself as the man who invented Hawaiian Pizza.
Fast forward to 2001 and Pizza Hut was delivering a 6-inch salami pizza to the International Space Station. Just over a decade after that, NASA-funded scientists constructed a 3D printer that could cook pizza in a minute and fifteen seconds.
As of 2022, PMQ Pizza Magazine reported, the worldwide pizza market was a $141.1 billion industry. In the United States alone, there are over 75,000 pizza store locations, more than half of which are independent.
It’s probably not surprising that pizza is that popular, but the fact is that this really isn’t a new phenomenon. While it’s not clear exactly who invented pizza, for thousands of years, humans have been eating foods similar to pizza — and can we blame ourselves for that?
In the 1950s, pizza continued to take over the world. Pizzeria owner Rose Totino came up with the brilliant idea of selling frozen pizzas — the same Totino whose name lines the frozen aisles of grocery stores today.
In 1958, the first Pizza Hut opened in Wichita, Kansas. A year later, the first Little Caesar’s opened in Garden City, Michigan. The next year, it was Domino’s in Ypsilanti. In 1962, a Greek-Canadian named Sam Panopoulos made a name for himself as the man who invented Hawaiian Pizza.
Fast forward to 2001 and Pizza Hut was delivering a 6-inch salami pizza to the International Space Station. Just over a decade after that, NASA-funded scientists constructed a 3D printer that could cook pizza in a minute and fifteen seconds.
As of 2022, PMQ Pizza Magazine reported, the worldwide pizza market was a $141.1 billion industry. In the United States alone, there are over 75,000 pizza store locations, more than half of which are independent.
It’s probably not surprising that pizza is that popular, but the fact is that this really isn’t a new phenomenon. While it’s not clear exactly who invented pizza, for thousands of years, humans have been eating foods similar to pizza — and can we blame ourselves for that?
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