![]() ![]() In 2017, the world pizza market was US$128 billion, and in the US it was $44 billion spread over 76,000 pizzerias. Pizza is also sold in grocery stores in a variety of forms, including frozen or as kits for self-assembly. In casual settings, however, it is cut into wedges to be eaten while held in the hand. In Italy, pizza served in a restaurant is presented unsliced, and is eaten with the use of a knife and fork. ![]() Pizza is sold at a variety of restaurants, including pizzerias (pizza specialty restaurants), Mediterranean restaurants, via delivery, and as street food. Pizza and its variants are among the most popular foods in the world. In 2017, the art of making Neapolitan pizza was added to UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage. In 2009, Neapolitan pizza was registered with the European Union as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed dish. ![]() Raffaele Esposito is often credited for creating modern pizza in Naples. 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. Pizza ( English: / ˈ p iː t s ə/ PEET-sə, Italian:, Neapolitan: ) is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as various types of sausage, anchovies, mushrooms, onions, olives, vegetables, meat, ham, etc.), which is then baked at a high temperature, traditionally in a wood-fired oven. ![]()
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