America Before Pizza

The Atlantic ^ | DECEMBER 21, 2023

[cherry]

where I grew up in NYS “Pizza” was called “hot pie”....we had many Italians living in our area....

[Mears]

I never even heard of pizza until the 1950s .

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[chajin]

I have my mother’s Betty Crocker cookbook from 1952, and it talks about the new Italian food, pizza pie

[nickcarraway]

The 1953 movie The Band Wagon mentions pizza, and 1949's On he Town shows a pizzeria. I know I've heard a 1940s old radio show that mentions tacos, but I think pizza as well. Dean Martin had a hit song in 1953 That's Amore mentions pizza. In the early 50s food critics were worried that pizza would supplant the hot dog as the country's favorite food, so their must have been some penetration before that.

[nickcarraway]

The 1953 movie The Band Wagon mentions pizza, and 1949's On he Town shows a pizzeria. I know I've heard a 1940s old radio show that mentions tacos, but I think pizza as well. Dean Martin had a hit song in 1953 That's Amore mentions pizza. In the early 50s food critics were worried that pizza would supplant the hot dog as the country's favorite food, so their must have been some penetration before that.

[nickcarraway]

The 1953 movie The Band Wagon mentions pizza, and 1949's On he Town shows a pizzeria. I know I've heard a 1940s old radio show that mentions tacos, but I think pizza as well. Dean Martin had a hit song in 1953 That's Amore mentions pizza. In the early 50s food critics were worried that pizza would supplant the hot dog as the country's favorite food, so their must have been some penetration before that.

[nickcarraway]

The 1953 movie The Band Wagon mentions pizza, and 1949's On he Town shows a pizzeria. I know I've heard a 1940s old radio show that mentions tacos, but I think pizza as well. Dean Martin had a hit song in 1953 That's Amore mentions pizza. In the early 50s food critics were worried that pizza would supplant the hot dog as the country's favorite food, so their must have been some penetration before that.

[ansel12]

Dean Martin - That’s Amore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnFlx2Lnr9Q

[AloneInMass]

A quadruple. I have not seen one. ;)

[Secret Agent Man]

A much more unhappy place. Same with hamburgers.

[nickcarraway]

There was a glitch in the system.

[Fuzz]

I’m originally from New Haven where apizza has been around for 100 years.

I miss Sally’s, Pepe’s and Modern a lot.

Great pizza if you ever get a chance to go.

[jjotto]

Even Wikipedia acknowledges ‘pizza’ as a crust with tomatoes (a New World item), etc, goes back to 18th - 19th century or maybe earlier. First American pizzeria to early 20th century.

[glorgau]

And then came the ultimate expression of goodness;

Deep dish pizza.

[Fiji Hill]

There is a plural, pizze, but no one ever uses it

Restaurants that list the pies on their menus as "pizze" are usually owned and operated by Italians, and they serve the best pizza.

[Brian Griffin]

Pizza was taken to the United States by Italian immigrants in the late nineteenth century and first appeared in areas where they concentrated. The country’s first pizzeria, Lombardi’s, opened in New York City in 1905. Following World War II, veterans returning from the Italian Campaign, who were introduced to Italy’s native cuisine, proved a ready market for pizza in particular.

Thirteen percent of the United States population consumes pizza on any given day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza

[Larry Lucido]

What if the Earl of Sandwich had never invented the sandwich?

[Fiji Hill]

Pizza Pie--Norman Fox & the Rob Roys (1959)

[Brian Griffin]

“Pompeii archaeologists discover ‘pizza’ painting”

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66031341

no tomatoes, of course