Celebrating Women In Pizza
Women In Pizza Recorded evidence of women in the pizza industry goes back centuries. Did you know that in 1889 pizzaiolo Raffaele Esposito actually made three pizzas in honor of King Umberto di Savoia and his wife Queen Margherita? While Raffaele made the Marinara and the earlier Mastunicola recipes, it was his wife who added the mozzarella and basil to make the pizza represent the Italian flag (red, white, and green) colors and it was then...