I noticed you hadn’t chimed in therefore the ping.
I should have called it New York style pizza. But it was brought to the US through NYC by the Italian immigrants (as the Lord intended) and the troops returning from Italy after WW2 had developed a taste for the Italian pie and Bobs your uncle a pizza boom was born.
Several years ago I was trapped (alone unfortunately) in a motel room because of an 8 foot snowfall in Denver.
Nothing to do but watch basic cable.
One channel was nothing but food, history of food and food facts.
I was amazed to learn that what can be called pizza in Italy is tightly controlled by law. From each individual ingredient in the crust and sauce to how it is cooked.
Very serious about their pizza those Italians.
About 30 years ago a friend went to Italy. The guy loved Italian food.
He was very bummed to find that Italian and Italian-American are worlds apart. :)
WORLDS APART.
Dad came here at 6 and mom’s parents came from Sicily.
Beans, zucchini, eggplant, a LITTLE bit of meat and a little pasta.
NOTHING like Italian American food.
I ate so healthy until I moved out.
I ate Italian when I lived home.
I ate Italian american when I moved out
A got relatives in Sicily and been there a bunch of times and I DID NOT know what about the pizza.
How fascinating.