Marshall ABE's Reading for Today's Adults Level 6.5 Story 08 TheHistoryofPizza Pre-reading Questions : • Whatdoyouknowaboutthistopic? Definitions : • Appetizer–asmallamountoffoodservedashorttimebeforeoratthebeginningofameal • Consume–toeatordrinkalargeamount Reading Pizzahasbeenpleasingtastebudsforaverylongtime.Inprehistorictimes,peoplebaked 16 largepiecesofbreadonflatcookingstones.Later,inItaly,theseflatpiecesofbreadwere 34 seasoned withherbsandcalledfocacciabread.Tothisday,manypeopleliketoeatfocacciabread 52 asanappetizerorsnack. 55 WhenEuropeanscametotheNewWorld,theywereintroducedtotomatoes,whichthey 69 thentookbacktotheirhomecountries.TheItaliansneededsomethingtoaddtotheirbread-filled 85 diet.ThepeopleofNaples,Italy,werethefirsttoputtomatoesonfocacciabread.Atfirst,people 103 werehesitanttousetomatoes.Theythoughtthisredfruitmaybepoisonous. 116 Theworld’sfirstpizzeria,Port’Alba,openedin1830.Pizzaswerebakedinanovenlined 132 withlavafromalocalvolcano.Thefirstpizzadeliveryoccurredin1889whenanItalianrestaurant 149 ownerwasaskedtocreateaspecialdishfortheguestofhonor,QueenMargheritaGiovanni. 165 HewantedtoincludethecolorsoftheItalianflaginhisdishforthequeen.Headded 183 tomatoes(red),mozzarellacheese(white),andbasil(green)tofocacciabread.Henamedthemeal 198 theMargheritaPizza,usingpartoftheguestofhonor’snamealongwithpartofthenameofthe 217 restaurant–PietroIlPizzaiolo.Thepizzawasdeliveredtothepalacebecausethequeendidnot 233 wanttogoallthewaytotherestaurant. 242 In1905,GennaroLombardiopenedthefirstpizzeriaintheU.S.ItstillstandsinNewYork 259 Citytoday.PizzadidnotbecomepopularuntilafterWorldWarII.Warveteranswhohadbeen 276 stationedinItalyreturnedhomecravingthepizzatheyhadeatenthere. 288 Soon,pre-madepizzamixes,frozenpizza,andpizzeria chains appearedaroundthecountry. 301 Today,pizzaisoneofthemostpopularfoodsintheworld.Someinterestingpizzafactsinclude: 318 • PizzaHutisthelargestpizzacompanyintheworld. 328 • Theworld’slargestpizzameasured37.4metersindiameter.ItwasbakedinSouth 342 Africain1990. 345 • Kidsbetweentheagesof3and11preferpizzaoverallotherfoodsfordinner. 361 • ThreeoutofthetoptenweeksofpizzaconsumptionoccurinJanuary.Morepizzais 377 consumedduringSuperBowlweekthananyotherweekoftheyear. 389 • 62%ofAmericansprefermeattoppingsontheirpizza. 398 • Mozzarellacheesewasoriginallymadefromthemilkofwaterbuffalo. 409 ArticlecourtesyoftheMichiganDepartmentofAgriculture, www.michigan.gov/mda Level6.5 Understanding 1. Whatwasthenameoftheworld’sfirstpizzaplace?Wherewasit? __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Whatdoestheword chain meaninthisreading? _________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Whatwasthefirstfruitonpizza?______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Whatwastheprecursortopizza?______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Howwasthefirstpizzacreated?Forwhomwasitmade? __________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Whatdoestheword season meaninthisreading? ________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. WhendidpizzacometotheU.S.? _____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Whichpizzafactsurprisedyouthemost?Why? _________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Writing OptionA : Summarizethereadinginyourownwords. OptionB : Doyoulikepizza? • Ifyes,writeaboutyourfavoritekind.Wheredoyougetit?Howoftendoyoueatit? Whatareyourfavoritetoppings? • Ifno,whatdon’tyoulikeaboutit?WhatItalianfood,ifany,doyouprefer? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ TheHistoryofPizza–Level6.5 .