A Brief History of Pizza
Pizza, the way we know it today, is a derivation from focaccia (from the Latin word for fire), flat bread that has been prepared since antiquity in different forms and garnished with herbs, olives, fat, raisin, honey, and nuts.
The word pizza in Italian identifies any type of flat bread or pie—fried or baked. Although you’d find many types of pitas or pizzas around the Mediterranean, it is in Naples that pizza in the form we know it today first emerged, after the tomato appeared on the table in the 1700s. Naples has many records of pizza since around the year 1000; the first mentions call these flat breads laganae, and later they are referred to as picea. In those times, pizzas were dressed with garlic and olive oil, or cheese and anchovies, or small local fish. They were baked on the open fire and sometimes were closed in two, as a book, to form a calzone.
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New recipe works wonders for Domino’s
Just four months after a desperate Domino’s (DPZ) tossed its much-mocked pizza recipe out the window and rolled out a spicy new one, the chain reported on Tuesday what CEO J. Patrick Doyle calls a “historic” leap in sales at locations open at least one year.
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Mother of all pizzas?
Dave Houseman has all the ingredients to success and he plans on using them to be hailed the best pizza-maker on the planet.
The Edmonton businessman is set to compete Thursday in the International Pizza Challenge in Las Vegas.
“It feels pretty good,” said Houseman, who owns Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria at 14123 23 Ave.
“It’s kinda crazy because it all happened so fast.”
Houseman, 30, will compete in the traditional category against contenders from across the globe.
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Top pizza chain’s recipe confession pays off
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Revamped pizza and a frank advertising campaign helped Domino’s Pizza Inc. more than double its fourth-quarter profit as curious customers tried out its new recipe, the delivery chain said Tuesday.
Executives have said that the chain decided to start overhauling its recipes more than 18 months ago after mounting criticism from focus groups and on social media sites.
And it boldly admitted in a series of documentary-style spots that under its old recipe, customers complained its crust tasted like cardboard and its sauce was reminiscent of ketchup.
Read more: Domino’s Pizza Q4 profit more than double as consumers try new recipes
Making Pizza at Home
Pizza has become associated with fast-food: something that you order for delivery or buy pre-made or frozen to cook at home. This is unfortunate, as pizza is one of the easiest and fastest meals you can prepare for yourself. Nothing can replace fresh ingredients, and your own imagination as to how to make the perfect pizza for your family.
Read some tips on how to make your very own tasty home-made pizza: Making Pizza at Home
