Een van de eersten die over de pizza schreef, was Alexander Dumas, schrijver van het boek De drie musketiers. Na een bezoek aan Napels in 1835 (niet zo heel lang geleden dus) schreef hij:
‘Pizza is a sort of talmouse [the French word for “cheese-cake” or “pastry shell with a filling of cheese”] like we bake at St.-Denis, and is round in shape and molded by the same dough as bread. . . . At first glance, the pizza appears to be a simple dish; after examination, it manifests as a compound dish. The pizza is with oil, the pizza is with bacon, the pizza is with lard, the pizza is with cheese, the pizza is with tomato, the pizza is with small fish.’
Een klein beetje storytelling kan geen kwaad, toch?
