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Aug 2024
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310. History of Pizza! (English Vocabula...

Thomas Wilkinson
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Pizza is one of the most popular foods around the world, but home much do you know about its history?

Today, we’ll look at how pizza evolved from ancient flatbreads to a food for working people in Naples, to a globally popular dish!



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Vocabulary

  • Flatbread (noun): A type of bread made with flour, water, and salt, and then rolled into flattened dough.
  • Topping (noun): Food items added on top of a dish.
  • Peasant (noun): A poor person of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation.
  • Ingredient (noun): Any of the foods or substances that are combined to make a particular dish.
  • Speciality (noun): A dish that a restaurant or region is famous for.
  • Endorse (verb): To declare one's public approval or support of something.

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