Pizza History
This ancient civilization, along with the Romans, enjoyed early versions of pizza as flatbreads with toppings.
What are the Greeks?
This pizza style is known for its thin, foldable crust and is named after a famous U.S. city.
What is New York Style?
This type of oven can reach temperatures as high as 1000°F and uses fuel mined from the earth.
What is a Coal-Fired oven?
The most common cheese used on traditional cheese and pepperoni pizza.
What is mozzarella?
The approximate number of pizzas sold each year in the United States.
What is 3 billion?
This Italian city is considered the birthplace of modern pizza.
What is Naples?
Characterized by its deep dish and "upside-down" assembly, this pizza style originated in the Midwest.
What is Chicago Deep Dish?
These commercial ovens are the most common in pizzerias and can have stone or stainless steel surfaces.
What are Deck Ovens?
This type of Italian flour, extra fine in texture, is used in authentic Neapolitan pizza dough.
What is "00" (double zero) flour?
The estimated value of the pizza industry in the United States.
What is $30 billion?
Pizza gained popularity in this country before becoming popular in Italy.
What is the United States?
This pizza style features a square shape, deep crust, and marinara sauce on top.
What is Detroit Style?
This traditional method uses burning wood to heat bricks inside the oven, reaching temperatures of 800°F.
What is a Brick oven?
Unlike pasta sauce, pizza sauce is typically not cooked and contains this ingredient to reduce water content.
What is tomato paste?
This pizza chain offers a popular version of Detroit-style pizza.
What is Little Caesars?
In early 20th century America, immigrants from this country brought pizza recipes and opened pizzerias.
What is Italy?
Known for its cup and char pepperoni and slim crust edge, this style is often served with wings.
What is Buffalo Style?
This cooking method creates a charred crust and smoky flavor by using indirect heat.
What is wood-fired or brick oven cooking?
This alternative pizza sauce is made with olive oil, garlic, parmesan cheese, pine nuts, and basil.
What is pesto?
Originally, poor people in Italy ate pizza for this reason.
What is "because it was cheap"?
Pizza makes up this percentage of all U.S. restaurants.
What is 17%?
The original Italian pizza, featuring a thin crust made with Tipo Italian wheat flour and baked in a wood-fired oven.
What is Neapolitan or Margherita?
This type of coal used in some pizza ovens burns cleaner and produces a crispy outer crust while keeping the inside soft.
What is anthracite?
Fresh mozzarella can make pizza watery, so it's best to do this before adding it to the pizza.
What is slicing it thin and placing it on a tea towel to reduce moisture?
The water content percentage in Sicilian Style Pizza Dough.
What is 70%?