From the fishing boats of Monterey Bay to the vineyards of the Pajaro Valley, there were plenty of attractions to draw Italian immigrants to Santa Cruz County. They brought with them Old World culinary traditions, and of course, pizza was one of them. Santa Cruz County’s rich agricultural bounty has provided a cornucopia of toppings,...
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Worldwide, more than 5 billion pizzas are sold each year. More than 3 billion pizzas are sold annually in the USA—4 billion if you include frozen pizzas. In the United States, pizzerias account for 17% of all restaurants. The first pizzeria, Antica Pizzeria, opened in Naples, Italy, in 1738. The first U.S. pizzeria, Gennaro Lombardi,...
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