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[[Image:Pizza.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A pizza with red onions, mushrooms, sausages, cheese, and pepperonis.]]
 
[[Image:Pizza.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A pizza with red onions, mushrooms, sausages, cheese, and pepperonis.]]
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'''Pizza''' or '''pizza pie''' is the name of an oven-baked [[bread]] usually covered with [[tomato]] sauce and [[cheese]], and often with other toppings. While it is a typical dish of Neapolitan cuisine, it has become an extremely popular dish all over the world.  "Pizza" is the Italian word for "pie".
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'''Pizza''' or '''pizza pie''' is the name of an oven-baked [[bread]] usually covered with [[tomato]] sauce and [[cheese]], and often with other toppings. While it is a typical dish of Neapolitan cuisine, it has become an extremely popular dish all over the world.  "Pizza" is the Italian word for "pie" (though they usually mean the type of pie that we call "pizza").
    
Various toppings may be added, most typically:
 
Various toppings may be added, most typically:
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* sauce, traditionally tomato based
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* sauce, traditionally tomato-based
 
* cheese, traditionally mozzarella but often Provolone or a blend of other cheeses
 
* cheese, traditionally mozzarella but often Provolone or a blend of other cheeses
 
* herbs and seasonings, like basil, oregano, or garlic
 
* herbs and seasonings, like basil, oregano, or garlic
 
* vegetables such as tomatoes, bell peppers, mushrooms red onions, chillies or olives  
 
* vegetables such as tomatoes, bell peppers, mushrooms red onions, chillies or olives  
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* meat or seafood, such as sausage, (especially pepperoni or salami), ham, bacon, ground beef, anchovies, or chicken
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* meat or seafood, such as sliced sausage, (especially pepperoni or salami), ham, bacon, ground beef, anchovies, or chicken.
    
The crust is traditionally plain, but may also be seasoned with butter, garlic, or herbs, or stuffed with cheese. In some pizza recipes the tomato sauce is omitted (termed "white pizza"), or replaced with another sauce (usually garlic butter but sauces can also be made with spinach or onions). Pizza is normally eaten hot (typically at lunch or dinner), but leftovers are often eaten cold for breakfast or as a snack. It is famously served deep fried in batter in [[Scottish]] [[chip shop]]s.
 
The crust is traditionally plain, but may also be seasoned with butter, garlic, or herbs, or stuffed with cheese. In some pizza recipes the tomato sauce is omitted (termed "white pizza"), or replaced with another sauce (usually garlic butter but sauces can also be made with spinach or onions). Pizza is normally eaten hot (typically at lunch or dinner), but leftovers are often eaten cold for breakfast or as a snack. It is famously served deep fried in batter in [[Scottish]] [[chip shop]]s.
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The Italian word for a person with a talent for making pizza is pizzaiolo. A restaurant that serves pizza is called a pizzeria (from Italian); the phrase "pizza parlor" is also used in the United States and Canada. Pizza can also be purchased in grocery stores or supermarkets (usually, but not always, frozen); in many countries, pizza can also be ordered by telephone (or, increasingly, via the Web) to be delivered, hot and ready to eat, to almost any address within range of the restaurant.
 
The Italian word for a person with a talent for making pizza is pizzaiolo. A restaurant that serves pizza is called a pizzeria (from Italian); the phrase "pizza parlor" is also used in the United States and Canada. Pizza can also be purchased in grocery stores or supermarkets (usually, but not always, frozen); in many countries, pizza can also be ordered by telephone (or, increasingly, via the Web) to be delivered, hot and ready to eat, to almost any address within range of the restaurant.
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In the [[United Kingdom]], pizza is a popular form of convenient take-away food often eaten at parties and other social gatherings.
    
== Fusion pizza ==
 
== Fusion pizza ==
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* the chicken tikka pizza
 
* the chicken tikka pizza
 
* the All Day Breakfast pizza
 
* the All Day Breakfast pizza
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* barbecue pizza, with [[barbecue sauce]] instead of the traditional tomato sauce.
 
==Restaurants which sell pizza==
 
==Restaurants which sell pizza==
 
*[[Domino's Pizza]]
 
*[[Domino's Pizza]]
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