CHAPTER 1
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Everybody loves pizza. Aside from burgers, fried chicken, ramyun, pizza is one of the most famous dishes in the world. Despite many people consider pizza one of the food to avoid on their healthy program. Yet, pizza is still favorite of groups. Maybe because it is a cheap meal, can be a weekly treat, a quick lunch, or even breakfast and could be for dinner as well. Similarly, in the Philippines, it pleases the Filipino palate and at the same time, it is something that is good for sharing with families or friends which are part of the Filipino psyche.
“How the pizza did came about? Before the tomato arrived in the 1500’s, the first pizzas in Naples were white, made with garlic, olive oil, salt, anchovies, and probably lard,” (Pizza and Coffee, 2008).
According to Stradley (2004), “Pizza is a baked pie of Italian origin consisting of a shallow bread like crust covered with seasoned tomato sauce, cheese, and often other toppings such as sausage or olive. The word pizza is believed to be from an Old Italian word meaning "a point," which in turn became the Italian word "pizzicare," which means "to pinch" or "pluck."
“Date of 997 A.D. refers to the first time the term "pizza" was actually used in referring to the unique pastry. The Florentine writes that Gaeta 's charter, specifically item XCVI, lists the word 'pizza ', though it was mostly likely made in the form now known as 'focaccia ' “ (Takumi, 2014).
“In 1522, tomatoes were brought back to