The pizzeria margherita was invented in Naples for Queen Margherita, and the ingredients were informed by the colors of the ...

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For the historically Italian enclave, the removal of the tri-colored stripes — representing the flag of Italy — has been a ...

Neapolitan-born expert pizza maker Daniele Uditi believes that to understand pizza, you need to eat it in the place it was invented. Here are his top places to eat pizza in Naples.

The story goes that in 1889, when the new queen of Italy, Margherita di Savoia, visited Naples, a famous local chef created a pizza using ingredients to match the new flag.

Italy invented pizza as we know it today, but there was a huge influence behind the idea that spanned back into ancient history and the Greeks.