THE word "pizza" is thought to have come from the Latin word pinsa, which means flat bread, however, there has been much debate about the origin of the word.
They seem to have been around for quite some time - a recent archeological discovery has found a preserved Bronze Age pizza.
In the Middle Ages, peasants would use the ingredients they could get hold of to create a pizza similar to the ones we enjoy today.
The introduction of mozzarella cheese (made from the milk of Indian water buffalo) created the pizza we know today. - Lifeinitaly.com; passion-4-pizza.com; aboutpizza.com
Italian passion for pizza is centuries old
THE word "pizza" is thought to have come from the Latin word pinsa, which means flat bread, however, there has been much debate about the origin of the word.
They seem to have been around for quite some time - a recent archeological discovery has found a preserved Bronze Age pizza.
In the Middle Ages, peasants would use the ingredients they could get hold of to create a pizza similar to the ones we enjoy today.
The introduction of mozzarella cheese (made from the milk of Indian water buffalo) created the pizza we know today. - Lifeinitaly.com; passion-4-pizza.com; aboutpizza.com