The History of Pizza
There is much iteration of just how pizza became the food that we know and love today. One story says that pizza has been around since the Stone Age when people would bake crude bread on the stones of a fire and after the cooking of this bread they would top it off with different seasonings and toppings. They would use this bread as a plate to sop up broth or gravies (Stradley, p. 1). Another story says that pizza was founded in Naples, by the Greeks, in the 1700s. The story says that during this time the population in Naples was very vast and they required quick and inexpensive food. Since the homes of the people were so small because of how little money the town had, it was very important that the food could be consumed quickly. Flatbreads began to be sold on the streets and in informal restaurants with any meal (Turim, p. 1). Another story says that the founding of pizza goes back to the 1st Century B.C. when a Roman poet wrote,
“Their homely fare dispatch’d, the hungry band
Invade their trenchers next, and soon devour,
To mend the scanty meal, their cakes of flour.
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It is hard to believe that the first Pizzeria ever was opened in 1905 in New York City. A Naples immigrant by the name of Gennaro Lombardi opened the first pizzeria in lower Manhattan. Lombardi came to America at the age of 14, and began work in a bakery and a grocery store. He started by baking pizzas at the bakery he worked at, then selling them in the grocery. The owner of the grocery store was aging and decided to offer the store to Gennaro, at the age of 17 years old. After a while of keeping the grocery store as it was he transformed the store into the first ever pizzeria, located at 53 ½ Spring Street. He brought the pizza of Naples to America, and even added his own twist to it. This pizzeria is still operating today (Steiner,
There is much iteration of just how pizza became the food that we know and love today. One story says that pizza has been around since the Stone Age when people would bake crude bread on the stones of a fire and after the cooking of this bread they would top it off with different seasonings and toppings. They would use this bread as a plate to sop up broth or gravies (Stradley, p. 1). Another story says that pizza was founded in Naples, by the Greeks, in the 1700s. The story says that during this time the population in Naples was very vast and they required quick and inexpensive food. Since the homes of the people were so small because of how little money the town had, it was very important that the food could be consumed quickly. Flatbreads began to be sold on the streets and in informal restaurants with any meal (Turim, p. 1). Another story says that the founding of pizza goes back to the 1st Century B.C. when a Roman poet wrote,
“Their homely fare dispatch’d, the hungry band
Invade their trenchers next, and soon devour,
To mend the scanty meal, their cakes of flour.
Ascanius …show more content…
It is hard to believe that the first Pizzeria ever was opened in 1905 in New York City. A Naples immigrant by the name of Gennaro Lombardi opened the first pizzeria in lower Manhattan. Lombardi came to America at the age of 14, and began work in a bakery and a grocery store. He started by baking pizzas at the bakery he worked at, then selling them in the grocery. The owner of the grocery store was aging and decided to offer the store to Gennaro, at the age of 17 years old. After a while of keeping the grocery store as it was he transformed the store into the first ever pizzeria, located at 53 ½ Spring Street. He brought the pizza of Naples to America, and even added his own twist to it. This pizzeria is still operating today (Steiner,