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GLOBAL PIZZA

So you thought the hamburger was the world’s most popular fast food? After all, McDonald’s Golden Arches span the
globe. But no, there is another truly universal fast food, the ultimate fast food. It’s easy to make, easy to serve, much more
varied than the hamburger, can be eaten with the hands, and it’s delivered to your front door or served in fancy
restaurants. It’s been one of America’s favourite foods for over 50 years. It is, of course, the pizza.

A brief HISTORY OF PIZZA

It’s kind of silly to talk about the moment when pizza was ‘invented’. It gradually evolved over the years, but one thing’s
for certain - it’s been around for a very long time. The idea of using pieces of flat, round bread as plates came from the
Greeks. They called them ‘plakuntos’ and ate them with various simple toppings such as oil, garlic, onions, and herbs. The
Romans enjoyed eating something similar and called it ‘picea’. By about 1000 A.D. in the city of Naples, ‘picea’ had
become ‘pizza’ and people were experimenting with more toppings: cheese, ham, anchovies, and finally the tomato,
brought to Italy from Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century. Naples became the pizza capital of the world. In 1889,
King Umberto I and Queen Margherita heard about pizza and asked to try it. They invited pizza maker, Raffaele Esposito,
to make it for them. He flag, so he used red tomatoes, white mozzarella cheese, and green basil leaves. The Queen loved
it and the new pizza was named ‘Pizza Margherita’ in her honour.

Pizza migrated to America with the Italians at the end of the nineteenth century. The first pizzeria in the United States was
opened in 1905 at 531/z Spring Street, New York City, by Gennaro Lombardi. But the popularity of pizza really exploded
when American soldiers returned from Italy after World War II and raved about ‘that great Italian dish’. Americans are
now the greatest producers and consumers of pizza in the world.

Americans eat 350 slices of pizza per second.

There are 61,269 pizzerias in the United States.

Pizza is a $30 billion per year industry.

October is national pizza month in the United States.

The world’s first pizzeria, the Antica Pizzeria Port’Alba, which opened in Naples in 1830, is still there.

Pizza Hut has over 12,000 restaurants and takeaway outlets in over 90 countries.

In America, pepperoni ( salam) is the favourite topping.

Anchovies is the least favourite.

In Japan, eel (anghila) and squid(calmar) are favourites.

In Russia it’s red herring, salmon, and onions.

In Brazil, they like green peas on their pizza.

In Australia the favourites are shrimp (creveți) and pineapple.

The French love bacon and creme fraiche on theirs.

The English love tuna and sweetcorn.

Suggested questions

1 How many slices of pizza do Americans eat per second?


2 How many pizzerias are there in the United States?

3 How much money does the pizza industry make per year?

4 Which month is national pizza month?

5 Where and when did the first pizzeria open?

6 How many restaurants and delivery/takeaway outlets does Pizza Hut have?

7 Which is the favourite/least favourite topping in the US?

8 Which toppings are the most popular/Which are the favourite toppings in Japan/Russia?

9 Which toppings do they like in Brazi (/Australia?

10 Which toppings do the French/English like?/do they like in France/England?

Sample answers.

Spain: paella, tortillas

Italy: pasta, pizza, polenta, gnocchi.

Germany: sauerkraut, sausage.

Japan: sushi, rice, raw fish.

Hungary: goulash, cherry soup.

China: chow mein, sweet and sour pork, chop suey.

Mexico: taco shells, chili con carne, peppers, beans, tortillas the United States: burgers, fried chicken, steak, hot dogs.
England: roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, roast lamb, pies, sausages, fish and chips, bacon.

all countries: hamburgers, pizzas, fried chicken, chips, rice.

anchovies, eel, squid, herring, salmon, shrimp, tuna

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