Happy National Pizza Day

Special bamboo shoot and leafy pizza for Toffy Panda! A Pizza Day toast to everyone, cheers! ​

​Some interesting Facts on Pizza

• Pepperoni is preferred by 36% of the people, so it is the most popular pizza.
• In the U.S. alone, over 3 Billion pizzas are sold each year.
• Super Bowl Sunday is the day that pizzas are sold more than any other day of the year.
• Halloween is the second most popular day that pizzas are sold.  
• More than 17% of restaurants in the U.S. are pizzerias or serve pizza.
• In 1738, the first ever pizza was sold in Naples Italy.
• There are many speculations that pizzas most likely evolved as a variation of flatbreads.
• Americans eat over 23 pounds of pizza each year.

Pizza History

No one knows for sure when or how National Pizza Day was created. All we know is how pizza originated in Rome, from placenta bread covered in various layers of herbs, sauce and cheese.

Nonetheless, even though these placenta bread were technically pizzas, it wasn’t until the 18th century that the modern pizzas were invented. The people of Naples, Italy created flat bread dishes covered in garlic, basil, cheese and not too soon after tomatoes.
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Pizza started to slowly make its way to the United State in the 19th century when Italian immigrants began to bring them here. Nevertheless, it wasn’t until the soldiers returning home from World War II with a developed taste for it from Italy, that the popularity of pizzas in the U.S. market began to explode, making it one of the most popular foods in America to date.