Exercise 1 Read the following article about global pizza and then answer the questions on the opposite

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GLOBAL PIZZA
By Connie Odone

So you thought hamburger was the worlds most popular fast food? After all, McDonalds Golden Arches span the globe. But there is no another truly universal fast food, the ultimate fast food. It is easy to make, easy to serve, much more varied than hamburger, can be eaten with the hands, and it is delivered to your front door or served in fancy restaurants. Its been one of America favourite food for over 50 years. It is, of course, the PIZZA!

A BRIEF HISTORY OF PIZZA

It is kind of silly to talk about the moment when pizza was invented. It gradually evolved over the years, but one things is certain its been around for a very long time. The ideas of using pieces of flat, round bread as plates came from the Greeks. They called them plakuntos and ate them with various simple toppings such as oil, garlic, onions, and herbs. The Romans enjoyed eating something similar and called it picea. By about 1000 A.D. in the city of Naples. picea had become pizza and peopl e were experimenting with more toppings: cheese, ham, anchovies and finally the tomato, brought to Italy from Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century. Naples became the pizza capital of the world. In 1889, King Umberto I and Queen Margherita heard about pizza and asked to try it. They invited pizza maker, Raffaele Esposito to make it for them. He decided to make the pizza like the Italian flag, so he used red tomatoes, while mozzarella cheese and green basil leaves. The Queen loved it and the new pizza was named Pizza Margherita in her honour. Pizza migrated to America with the Italians at the end of the nineteenth century. The first pizzeria in the United States was opened in the 1905 at 53/2 Spring Street, New York City, by Gennaro Lombardi. But the popularity of pizza exploded when American soldiers returned from Italy after World War II and raved about that great Italian dish. Americans are now the greatest producers and consumers of pizza in the world.

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Americans eat 350 slices of pizza per second There are 61,296 pizzerias in the United States Pizza is a $30 billion per year industry October is national pizza month in the United States The worlds first pizzeria, the Antica Pizzeria PortAlba which opened in Naples in the 1830 is still there Pizza Hut has over 12,000 restaurants and takeaway outlets on over 90 countries In America, pepperoni is the favourite topping and Anchovies is the least favourite In Japan, eel and squid are favourites. In Russia it is red herring, salmon and onions In Brazil, they like green peas on their pizzas. In Australia the favourites are shrimp and pineapple The French love bacon and crme fraiche on theirs. The England love tuna and sweet corn

a. Whose idea was it to use plate like bread with a variety of toppings and what was the name given to it? ... [2] b. Around what time was the name pizza initiated? ... [1] c. Name at least four items used as toppings on pizza? ... ... [2] d. Name the pizza capital of the world? ... [1] e. Name the pizza maker who made a pizza for King Umberto I and Queen Margherita in 1889. ... [1] f. When was pizza introduced to America?

... [1] g. When and where was the first pizzeria opened in United States and by whom? ..... ... [2] h. According to the text how many pizzerias are there in US? ... [1] i. Name the worlds first pizzeria opened?

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