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The History of French Bread Pizza

By on Tuesday, July 12th, 2022

French Bread Pizza is often associated with Stouffer’s, the frozen food giant that helped popularize lasagna. French Bread Pizza followed a few years later. Stouffer’s launched the product in 1974 with an eye toward pizza ovens, then an increasingly popular home appliance.






What Do Pants Have to Do With Pizza?

By on Tuesday, June 21st, 2022

You might be wondering what a pair of pants and a pizza has to do with calzone.






The Largest Pizza In America

By on Thursday, March 17th, 2022

Neapolitan pizzas have always been small. These pizzas are typically about 10 to 12 inches in diameter. Traditionally these pies are served whole, although in modern restaurants, some Neapolitan-style pies are cut into 5 or 6-inch slices, intended to allow customers to share.






The Pasta That Killed An Elephant

By on Tuesday, October 5th, 2021

On Christmas Eve, 1952, Remo, the Rome Zoo’s two-year-old elephant suddenly died of a heart attack. You’ll never guess what killed him.











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