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Who invented pizza and the origin of its name?
Pizza originated in early Greece. They first baked a big, flat and round bread, and put olive oil, spices and potatoes on it. At that time, tomatoes were not used as ingredients ... In the 18th century, it evolved into the form of pizza that we see now in Italy, but only the dough, without any ingredients, so it was called "pizza". In Italian, it means "flat bread". In Italy, pizza is sold in the streets and markets. Without any ingredients, it only enjoys the original flavor of baked dough (natural flavor in French), because it is simple, cheap and delicious, and it is easy to feel full. So at that time, vendors on the streets of Naples, Italy, sold this kind of food to local civilians, and created the legend of Italian pizza ... In about 1889, when Queen Margherita and King Umberto visited their kingdom, when they saw that many civilians were eating large and flat cakes, they asked their guards to bring him a piece of this cake, because the queen liked it very much and decided to include it in her. Pizza chef Rafaelle was invited to bake a pizza for the Queen, and specially made a pizza with tomatoes, cheese and fresh basil (equivalent to the red, white and green color of the Italian flag). As a result, it became the Queen's favorite pizza and became an Italian food legend, called Margherita Pizza. This legend spread in Naples, Italy and spread all over the world. Pizza spread to Europe and America after World War II ... It was after World War II that American and European soldiers tasted pizza for the first time and fell in love with it when these countries occupied Italian territory. Soldiers who returned home after World War II brought Italian pizza back to the United States and European countries and spread all over the world. Now pizza food has become the favorite food of families in Europe and America.