Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Pizza - The Universal Food

Pizza is undoubtedly the most popular and universal food there is one. This may be due to the long history, or maybe it's just the fact that it tastes so darn good. You have restaurants that serve almost every country in the world can find pizza!

The word "pizza" in southern Italy around the early recording was 997AD. The term "bile", which is a Middle Eastern flat bread is thought to have been derived from. It was built in Naples regularly and usually tomato-based sauce, fish and cheese are included. However, a chef in 1889 to Queen Margherita when Naples (and the "Margherita Pizza" name) had not baked a pizza, the pizza was well accepted. The Margherita Pizza tomato, mozzarella cheese and Italian flag to represent the color was topped with basil. First, the pizza was a peasant food. But after being tested by a queen, everyone wanted to try it, and it became a tourist draw. Naples has become famous for pizza and many vendors "pizzerias" pizza went on to become Italy's national foods.

Pizza in the United States appear when Italian immigrants began arriving in the late 19th century began. This Chicago and New York, where the largest population of Italian immigrants was just starting to gain popularity in cities. However, the largest in the United States has grown in popularity in 1940 when soldiers returning from World War II, his appreciation of pizza back home with them. Troops in Italy, rations were exhausted, were on the lookout for good food. Once the troops find pizza, local bakers could hardly keep up with demand for it. Even Dwight D. Eisenhower his appreciation for the dish.

Today's Pizza "industry" in 1958, Wichita, Kansas began with the birth of the Pizza Hut.With the growing popularity, the pizza chain was born. And has led to the globalization of the pizza.

Today there are 6,000 Pizza Hut restaurants in the United States, and more than 5,600 store locations in 94 countries and regions around the world are. He is the only series that are either not have gone global. Dominoes claims 15,000 restaurants globally. It seems the world just can not get enough pizza!

Pizza is very easy to make, especially if you own a stand mixer. Using a mixer with very little work you can produce your own pizza crust. Mixer to knead for you! If your mixer with the pasta roller attachment to roll out pizza dough you can create a very thin layer. It is also very cheap to make your own.