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Pizza baking

An often recounted story holds that on the 11 th
of June 1889, to honor the Queen consort of Italy,
Margherita of Savoy, the Neapolitan pizza maker
Raffaele Esposito created the "Pizza Margherita", a
pizza garnished with tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil,
to represent the national colors of Italy as on the
Italian flag. Then since pizza has spread around the

world. Few icons represent the essence of a country
like pizza. Carve out an hour or two and learn how to
prepare and bake the real one !