Pizza Essay

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Pizza can be traced back to Naples, Italy in the middle ages. Although the origin of the word pizza is not clear, the Italians are credited with coining the term pizza. It is though that the word could have come from the Italian word point, pizziare, meaning to pinch or pluck, or a verb meaning to sting or to season. Who would have thought that pizza will soon be the favorite dish of many? I love pizza so much that I don’t think I can live without it.
My buddies and I often hang out at places where they serve this cheesy delicious food. It is one of those foods that everyone can relate to and it can easily stir up a conversation; almost like it have a mind of its own. The hot melted cheese smell mixed with the odor of tomato is the strongest aroma produced. The fragrance of pizza in the air brings back good memories. Every time I bite into a pizza, it would bring back memories of delicious foods I tasted in the past and it made me wonder how it was made and where the ingredients come from. Perfection for this food requires skills and fresh ingredients. Speaking of ingredients, did you know that tomato sauce was not part of pizza’s ingredient until the sixteenth century? Early toppings included cheeses, dates, herb, olive oil, and honey.
Thanks to Cortez who discovered tomatoes in South America in 1519 and brought seeds back to Europe, tomato was eventually accepted as an ingredient for pizza. However, at first people were reluctant to use tomato. Instead they were planted as ornamental curiosities, but not eaten. In southern Europe, tomato was quickly accepted into the kitchen. The northern Europeans didn’t like it very much. The British admired its beauty, but believe that it was poisonous because it resembles wolf peach which w...

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...t to a restaurant that serve pizza will easily stir up a conversation. There is so much to talk about. It comes in many varieties such as peperoni and cheese, sausage, cheese, vegetables and cheese and much more. That is the beauty of this food; you can make it your own. It can be sweet, sour, dinner, breakfast, lunch, or dessert. There is no rule saying how and when you are supposed to eat it. I haven’t met a person who doesn’t like pizza. People love pizza so much that it would be crazy if you don’t love it too. If you never tried it before, you should listen to its voice and let its fragrance fill your heart and stir your taste buds. After you tasted your first pizza, you are sure to remember it forever. Its popularity is so wide that it comes in many forms and crossed cultural boundaries. This is a food of connection. This is a food of friendship. This is pizza.

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