Pizza has a long history. The ancient Greeks first had the idea of putting vegetables on large flat pieces of bread and pizza ovens have been found in the ruins of Roman cities
But for centuries one important ingredient was missing - the first tomatoes were brought to Europe only in the
16th century from South America In the 19th century Rafaele Esposito, a baker from Naples began to sell the
first modern pizzas. He was asked to bake a special pizza for a visit by the Italian King and Queen in 1889, and
so the first pizza Margarita was created, named after the Queen
Pizza became a favourite dish in Italy, but only after the Second World War, when thousands of American
soldiers went home from Europe, pizza really became an international dish Soon there were pizzerias all over
the USA, and American chains like Pizza Hut spread the idea around the world. Today the average American
eats over 10 kilograms of pizza a year and the world's largest pizza (measuring 30 metres! across) was baked
not in Italy but in Havana Cuba!
III. Complete the sentences.
3. The first pizza Margarita was created for
a Italian King and Queen b American soldiers c. tourists
a. Italian King and Queen.
c. tourists.
b. American soldiers.​

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