- The word pizza was first documented in A.D. 997 in Gaeta, Italy
- No doubt Pizza was first invented and mainly eaten in Italy for centuries
- It is also claimed that somewhere between the 17th to 18th century at Naples (in then Europe) a restaurant runner tried a dish of bread with toppings of tomato, onion, small fish, and cheese for workers and all liked it a lot
- With easy and quick preparation, deliciousness in taste, variety in toppings, Pizza became popular soon
- When King Umberto and Queen Margherita tasted this dish, they liked it so much and adopted it; till then Naples had become part of Italy
- After the second world war, Pizza reached America with migrated labors and workers
- Further, it reached all over the world and changed toppings as per local availabilities and food preferences, habits, likes, etc.