Episode 10: Pizza and its 1000 years of evolution

It's Never JUST Food! · Apr 25, 2026 · 22m

Episode Description

Believe it or not, pizza didn’t start as a global “fast food.” It started as practical street food in Naples, then became a craft, then became a symbol and eventually became a mass-produced product category in a lot of places. In this episode, we explore the history behind pizza, a popular legend, cultural trends and everything in between.

In this episode

The earliest known written mention of “pizza”

Pizza in Naples during the 1700s–1800s

The first pizzeria and what we know from historical records

The Margherita story

The UNESCO recognition of Neapolitan pizza-making as a…