Pizza is surely one of Italian prides. Its history begins in 1889, when Queen Margherita, accompanied by her husband Umberto I, took an inspection tour of the Italian Kingdom. During the travels around Italy she saw many people, especially the peasants, eating this large, flat bread.
The Queen loved the bread and would eat it every time she was out amongst the people, wich caused some consternation in Court. It was not seemly for a Queen to dine with peasant's food. The Queen summoned the Chef Raffaele Esposito from his pizzeria to the royal palace, ordered him to bake a selection of pizzas for her pleasure. To honor the Queen, Raffaele decided to make a very special pizza just for her. He baked a pizza topped with tomatoes, Mozzarella cheese and fresh basil (to represent the colors of the Italian flag: red, white and green) and called it 'Pizza Margherita'.
When you are eating a pizza you can use all the five senses. The eye is captured by the contrast of the colors; you can hear the crackling of the firewood furnace; you can feel the smell and of course the exquisite flavor of this fantastic dish prepared with typical Italian products. And to finish the tact: don't forget that pizza is divided in four slices to eat it with hands!
