...legend has it that on the sunlit streets of Naples, more than two hundred years ago, simple ✱✱✱✱✱✱✱ people were searching for food that was cheap, quick, and delicious, and so the first baked flatbreads appeared, topped with tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, and sometimes cheese — the beginning of what we now call pizza. The story continues in 1889, when chef Raffaele Esposito is said to have prepared a special pizza for Queen Margherita of Savoy, using tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil in the colors of the Italian flag, thus creating the famous Pizza Margherita. From that ✱✱✱✱✱✱ on, this humble dish from southern Italy began to win people’s hearts, and when waves of Italian immigrants traveled to the United States and other continents, they carried with them the taste of this special recipe. In great cities like New York City and Chicago, pizza evolved and adapted, becoming more and more popular, and after the war, tourists and soldiers who had discovered it helped spread it even further. This is how pizza crossed oceans and borders, reinventing itself in every corner of the world, from Japan to Brazil, while always preserving its true essence: a simple story born on the streets of Naples that became one of the most beloved foods on Earth 🍕