About this episode

This episode explores the history of pizza, one of the world's favorite foods.

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we treat ourselves to a slice of history behind arguably the world's favorite food: pizza. Link to Eating History : https://eatinghistorypodcast.com/ Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more. History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser. Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.

People in this episode

Host: History Daily

Topics covered

• food history
• pizza
• cultural significance
• culinary traditions
• historical food

Keywords

• pizza
• food history
• Eating History
• cultural significance
• culinary traditions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: History Daily, Airship, Noiser

Products: pizza

Books & works: Eating History

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