{"id":17459,"date":"2018-03-21T14:14:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T14:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ottavio.ca\/?p=17459"},"modified":"2026-09-21T09:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:47:40","slug":"the-history-of-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/en\/the-history-of-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"The history of pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>The history of pizza<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/history-of-pizza-1.jpg\" title=\"The history of pizza\" width=\"1000\" height=\"706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/history-of-pizza-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/history-of-pizza-1-980x692.jpg 980w, https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/history-of-pizza-1-480x339.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-20284\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>In the 6th century, during the period of Persian Empire, the soldiers of Darius the Great baked some form of bread and covered it with dates and cheese. Tomatoes had not been discovered at that time. After some time, the idea found its way to Italy in the 18th century when flat pieces of bread that were named Pizza started being sold in the streets. However, these slices of bread were not topped with anything. The flat slices of bread were mainly sold to the Naples since they were cheap to make and were not that tasty.<\/p>\n<p>By the 17th century, pizza had gained popularity among the people who visited Naples. In 1889, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margherita_of_Savoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Margherita<\/a> who was accompanied by her spouse visited the Italian kingdom. It was during her stay here that she discovered a lot of people, especially the poor peasants, loved to eat this large and flat slice of bread. Out of curiosity, Queen Margherita decided to taste this bread, and to the surprise of many people, the queen loved it. The queen made it a habit of eating the bread every time she was out mingling with the peasants.<\/p>\n<p>It was not usual for the queen to like a peasant\u2019s food. Nonetheless, the queen decided to take things to the next level and one day she requested <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raffaele_Esposito\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raffaele Esposito<\/a> to be brought from his pizza restaurant to her royal palace and requested him to prepare a selection of various pizza breads for her.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of the queen, who was widely loved by the people, Raffaele made a unique and special pizza which had tomato toppings, fresh basil, and cheese representing the colors of the Italian flag. From there, Pizza became Queen Margherita favorite food, and when word went out that pizza was now the queen\u2019s favorite food, more people started consuming it. Later on, variations of pizza began to be made in various parts of Italy and other countries as well.<\/p>\n<p>It was around this time that the idea of baking in special ovens was invented. Queen Margherita also started a culinary tradition that has spread to all parts of the world. Today, Pizza is regarded as a favorite food in almost all parts of the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-17459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-history-of-pizza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17459"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20288,"href":"https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17459\/revisions\/20288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottavio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}