Informatica

The Romans of the former empire in the 1st century consumed a cooked similar to bread dough, circular-shaped, flavored with herbs and seeds. They had taken this food of the Greeks andthe Etruscans, who elaborated flavored baked dough.

Roman women cooked bread in communal ovens of the peoples, and while waiting to be cooked, cut off pieces of dough that were circularin shape and condimentaban with what they had at hand. These buns are baked faster than bread and saciaban hunger of those who waited: children, elderly, women.

Public Plaza, thisancestor's pizza became the saddlebags of the worker, who took him to their work as a quick lunch, popularizing quickly.

It took fourteen centuries - discovery of America through - thatappeared in Europe the tomato. Brought from Peru, initially caused apprehension to the

Europeans, who considered it harmful or with magical powers by his name "pomodoro" which means theresult of gold, given the first varieties that met.

Initially the tomato was used to decorate, but with the passage of time people were encouraged to eat it, and since then begins thetrue story of the pizza.

At its inception, the cheese was not part of the preparation (used only

tomato, Basil and herbs). Its introduction occurred in 1889 in the city of Naples,Queen Margaret of Savoy resided with her real family in Capodimonte and I had heard of that "food of Plebs" that enjoyed much prestige in the place, wanted to satisfy their curiosity andsent the Rafaele Espósito, pizza Baker "Pietro il pizzaiolo" Royal order of preparing a pizza.
Baker wanted to adorn this pizza with the colors of Italy and added to the tomato red andgreen basil, white mozzarella cheese. He called his invention "pizza Margarita", thus inaugurating a new was, in is it would be perhaps the most popular food in Italy and the world.