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The word pizza was first documented in 997 CE in Gaeta [4] and successively in different parts of central and southern Italy. Furthermore, the Etymological Dictionary of the Italian Language explains the word pizza as coming from dialectal pinza, 'clamp', as in modern Italian pinze, 'pliers, pincers, tongs, forceps'.
The terms dessert pizza and sweet pizza are used for a variety of dishes resembling a pizza, including chocolate pizza and fruit pizza. [81] [82] Some are based on a traditional yeast dough pizza base, [83] while others have a cookie-like base [84] and resemble a traditional pizza solely in having a flat round shape with a distinct base and ...
The first pizzeria in the U.S., Lombardi's, [4] opened in New York City's Little Italy in 1905, [5] producing a Neapolitan-style pizza. The word pizza was borrowed into English in the 1930s; before it became well known, pizza was generally called "tomato pie" by English speakers. Some regional pizza variations still use the name tomato pie. [6] [7]
grilled cheese sandwich halves stacked and cut to reveal american cheese inside; stacked sandwich halves on gray plate against a gray background
Thin-crust pizza may refer to any pizza baked with especially thin or flattened dough, and, in particular, these types of pizza in the United States: Tavern-style pizza, sometimes known as thin crust Chicago-style pizza; New Haven-style pizza; New York-style pizza; St. Louis-style pizza
Garcia and Sal Basille are cousins and the co-founders of Artichoke Pizza, which started out as a standalone restaurant in the East Village in 2008 and now has 12 successful locations across the ...
Pizza pugliese — the Apulia region of southeast Italy; Sicilian pizza — the island of Sicily; Stromboli — pizza named via the film Stromboli — the island of Stromboli; Torta alla Monferrina — the Montferrat region of Piedmont; Torta caprese — the island of Capri, Campania; Cheeses Gorgonzola and a pear Montasio Parmigiano-Reggiano
Lingua franca (Italian lingua Franca, 'Frankish language', its usage to mean a common tongue originated from its meaning in Arabic and Greek during the Middle Ages, whereby all Western Europeans were called 'Franks' or Faranji in Arabic and Phrankoi in Greek) [4] [5] Motto (Italian motto 'word') [6] Novel (Italian novella 'tale') Ottava rima