I-pizza ingenye yezitsha ezithandwa kakhulu emhlabeni ngakho akumangazi ukuthi abaningi bathi bayidale pizza yangempela yezwe yokuqala. Nazi amaqiniso ayishumi athakazelisayo ngomlando we-pizza:
- Ukudla okufana ne-pizza --- okuyizinkwa zezikhukhula kanye nezinkwa zokugcoba nge-oven ezinama-toppings ahlukene --- zilungiselelwe kusukela eminyakeni yobudala be-Neolithic futhi kuzo zonke izifunda zomhlaba.
- Kodwa-ke, abapheki baseNaples balungiselela isidlo sokuqala ukuba baziwa ngokuthi "i-pizza" kuma-1600s. Lokhu kudlalwa emgwaqweni kwadayiswa kwabaseNepolitans abampofu abachitha isikhathi esiningi bengaphandle kwezindlu zabo. La maNeapolitan ayengeke athenge amatheksi e-pizza ayidle njengoba ayehamba, okwaholela abalobi be-Italy besikhathi esifanayo ukuba babize imikhuba yabo yokudla "enengekayo."
- Ngo-1889, iKing Umberto I noNdlovukazi uMargherita bavakashela kuqala i-Italy esanda kuhlanganiswa futhi bafika eNaples. Igoli liwukuthi bavuthiwe ngokudla okuvamile kwe-French high cuisine futhi indlovukazi yacela izinhlobo ze-pizza ukuze zizame. Umpheki wezinkwa ogama lakhe linguRaffaele Esposito weDa Pietro Pizzeria (manje owaziwa ngokuthi uPizzeria Brandi) wakhela i-pizza nge-red sauce, i-mozzarella emhlophe ne-basil eluhlaza, ukubonisa imibala yefulegi yase-Italy. INdlovukazi uMargherita yavuma le pizza futhi ngokushesha yaziwa ngokuthi pizza margherita.
- Nakuba iNdlovukazi yamnika isibusiso sobukhosi ku-pizza, i-pizza ayizange ikwaziwa ngaphandle kwe-Naples kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kwe-1800, lapho amaNtaliyane eqala ukufudukela emazweni aseMelika bese ethwala ukudla kwabo kanye nezindlela zokupheka nazo.
- Ngo-1905, u-Gennaro Lombardi wavula i-pizzeria yokuqala e-United States, ethengisa i-pizza esitolo sakhe semgwaqo eManhattan, esendaweni ehamba phambili yaseNtaliyane naseMelika. I-Lombardi isasebenza namuhla futhi, nakuba ingasekho endaweni yayo ka-1905, le ndawo yokudlela ine-oven efanayo njengoba yenza ngo-1905.
- Ngawo-1930, ibhizinisi le-pizza laqhuma. Abantu base-Italy-baseMelika bavula ama-pizzeri eManhattan, eNew Jersey naseBoston. Ngo-1943, u-Ike Sewell wavula u-Uno eChicago, eveza pizza yase-Chicago. Kodwa-ke, naphezu kokuthandwa kwayo, i-pizza yayisemqoka ngokudla komuntu osebenza kahle.
- Ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe II, ama-GI abuyela ekhaya evela eYurophu, efuna ukunambitha i-pizza ababeyidla ngokudlula zonke olwandle. Ngo-1945, u-Ira Nevin, isosha elibuyela emuva, wasungula ihhavini le-pizza eliphethwe yi-Baker Pride, elivumela abadayisi ukuba baphuze ngamapayipi amaningi ngokungabizi kahle futhi kalula, ngaphandle kokushaywa kwamalahle noma ukhuni. Izindawo zokudlela nezindawo zokudlela zaqala ukuthengisa ama-pizza amaningi.
- Ukwanda kwangempela kwama-pizza kwenzeka ngokufika kweketheni ye-pizza. I-Pizza Hut yavulwa ngo-1958, i-Little Caesar yavulwa ngo-1959, i-Domino yavulwa ngo-1960, futhi uPapa John wavulwa ngo-1989, ngamunye ephethe umqondo wokuthi bazodayisa ama-pizz.
- Ngo-1957, uCententano waqala ukuthengisa ama-pizza afriziwe nama-pizza ngokushesha owawuthandwa kakhulu kuwo wonke ukudla okufriziwe.
- Namuhla, ibhizinisi le-pizza liletha imali engamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizigidi ezingama-32 emali engenayo, futhi i-pizza engaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-3 ezidayiswa minyaka yonke e-United States.