The History of Pizza and Types of Pizza in Italy

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Everybody loves pizza! It's the world's favorite food. But where does it come from? Italy, of course. But when? And how? And from whom? It's an interesting story! And also, what kinds of pizza do Italians like to eat? Let's talk about all things pizza!

Script by Patrizia Farina, Professor of Italian at Western Connecticut State University and Purchase College.

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I remember like 45 years ago when I traveled to Italy. Pizza was only available for dinner and not for lunch because they had to fire up the oven. During the summer time they didn’t do it during the day. I also remember that not one single restaurant served French Fries. But that is another topic.

HoldMySoda

Ho davvero apprezzato molto questo racconto sulla storia della pizza che è un piatto tipico italiano, e ne sono orgoglioso. L'esperienza di cui parli, seduti in una pizzeria italiana in una delle nostre piazze, è davvero qualcosa che fa star bene e in pace con il mondo. Grazie davvero!

crsrecordingstudio

The history we didn't know we needed! Thanks Dave 👍

archivist

Nice video! Being Italo-american I can appreciate it even more! :D
The kind of pizzas you mentioned are found pretty much everywhere, but you can also find loads more. Almost every pizzeria has its special toppings also to be competitive, and you can always find a good variety.

StefanoNoffke

"History of Pizza" should be a mandatory topic in whatever class it could fit in-
(Jk)

Also yeah, Pompeii's ruins even have preserved bread-

UlmDoesAnything

I love pizza with just, sweet tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil, absolutely delicious.

TurboSol

I lost 60 lbs in 2 years eating pizza 3 times a week.
If you count your calories honestly and use healthy ingredients pizza is great.

NoName-toxl

Was already gonna have a pizza tonight...this is just making it that much better

jhcoverdrive

7:26 Ok, in restaurant they maybe don't split them (I never request that so I don't know). Otherwise in small street pizza shops they do it or they sell various kinds* of pizza in square shapes about 15x15cm (at least in Rome).

* and I saw (and bought and eaten) even pizza with potatoes - so it can very different from foreigner's "traditional" imagination of pizza.

remetremet

9:23 That´s Crudo e Mascarpone! Parma ham and mascarpone cheese.

milanvelickovic

As a pizza chef for many years and living with an Italian family I delved deeply into the history of pizza making.

Pizza toppings traditionally vary by geographical locations and the available produce in the Italian regions. The further south and closer to the ocean the more popular seafood toppings become.
The further north the dairy and meats are more abundant.
Agricultural crops in each region have a bearing on topings as are each of the type of cured meats.

The further north the more affluent people became and the more available the variety of toppings became because of trade routes of certain ingredients.

Also you missed one of the most forgotten popular pizza toppings, the pizza alla puttanesca, which basically translates to prostitute pizza. Which I was lead to believe that the ladies of the night ate because of its readily available ingredients that not all diner's wanted to have on their pizza.

timgeraghty-groves

I'm somewhat surprised. Good video, but, I was expecting "types" to mean something different. A Napoli style pizza is different from a Roman tonda or altaglia. I consider the crust to be one of the main differentiators of type, and I'm not alone.

josika

What about the French Pissaladière? Steam-softened onion, anchovies, and olives

Ruadhan

Wow. I don’t know that prof Dave do Italian videos. 😮😮always see u as my science god😂

sugar

6:32 New evidence shows pizza existed earlier than Lombardi's. There's an ad of a pizzeria from 1894 in Trow's Business Directory, Forno e Pizzeria.

cjaquilino