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Why was pizza invented?

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In 1962, the "Hawaiian" pizza, a pizza topped with pineapple and ham, was invented in Canada by restaurateur Sam Panopoulis at the Satellite Restaurant in Chatham, Ontario. In December 2009, the pizza napoletana was granted Traditional Speciality Guaranteed status by the European Union. read more

Like many historical questions, there's not an easy, straightforward answer to the question of who invented pizza. Different historians have different thoughts, and a lot depends upon exactly how you define “ pizza." If you think of pizza as a flat bread cooked in an oven, then its origins go back to ancient times in the Middle East. read more

The term pizza was first recorded in the 10th century, in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in Lazio, on the border with Campania. Modern pizza was invented in Naples, and the dish and its variants have since become popular and common in many areas of the world. read more

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