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Pizza’s Global Journey from Naples and Back Again: A Conversation with Luca Cesari, author of The History of Pizza

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Tuesday, November 11th, 2025 | 1,265 views

Luca Cesari, author of the history of Pizza and the book cover

Photo by Thomas Prior



Historian Luca Cesari is an expert on Italian food. In his new book, The History of Pizza, he explores the origins of this iconic Neapolitan dish, looks at the migration of pizza to the United States, and the evolution of the dish from working-class flatbread into global sensation. I caught up with him earlier this month to talk about the book.

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