Tag: Pizza

• Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 19:51 UTC

  Do you love pizza? So did the Romans two thousand years ago in Pompeii

  

  A 2,000 year old fresco depicting what might be a predecessor of the classical Italian Pizza has been found in the ruins of the city of Pompeii. Archeologists assume that the flat bread portrayed in the fresco, next to a wine goblet, may have been eaten with fruits such as pomegranate or dates, or dressed with species, pistachio and a type of pesto sauce.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  Iconic international pizza brand lands in Argentina

  

  Despite the current economic mismanagement in Argentina and the additional consequences brought to it by sanitary restrictions amidst the coronavirus pandemic, the worldwide known Sbarro pizza chain is opening its first restaurant in Argentina this coming Wednesday, August 25.

• Monday, January 15th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

  Macron lobbying for the French baguette as a UNESCO “intangible heritage”

  

  French baguettes could soon join Chinese calligraphy, Neapolitan pizza and Belgian beer on a global list of officially recognized cultural treasures. President Emmanuel Macron is hoping to lend some serious sway to a campaign by his country's bakers to have the iconic doughy delicacy secure a place on UNESCO's “intangible heritage” list.