Did you know that, when the weather gets hot, Italians shift to lighter dishes that are easier to digest? Usually, these dishes include lots of fish, because it is lighter than meat and quick and easy to cook.
What differentiates Chicago-style deep dish pizza from traditional American pizza? This pizza has a flaky crust that rises an inch or more above the plate to enclose deep piles of toppings. This variation was invented in 1943 by Ike Sewell.
Did you know that Pizza is not always circular? It Italy, its country of origin, it is generally baked in rectangular trays, in a fire oven with a wide variety of toppings including french fries, seafood and even hot dogs.
Let's test your pizza smarts: What's more popular, thin crust or deep dish pizza? In a recent poll, 61 percent of consumers still prefer thin style crust over any other variation.
Did you know that the world’s fastest pizza maker can cook 14 full-size pizzas in two minutes and 35 seconds?
Did you know that nearly the entire population of the U.S. eats some form of pizza? Close to three billion pizzas are sold each year. These pizzas equate 100 acres of pizza per day and 350 slices per second. That's a lot of pizza.
