Re: SF Cookbook?

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>On Apr 30, 10:47 pm, Gene <g...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> DouhetSukd <DouhetS...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > Can you think of Italian cooking without tomatoes???
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>> I read about an archeological excavation of a Roman pizza oven, and
ever
>> since wondered how cheese, sausage, anchovies and garlic, with no
tomatoes,
>> worked as a pizza recipe.
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>Sure?  IIRC pizzas were invented in the 19th or 20th century.  By a
>baker for some Queen Margarita.  There were surely some precursors
>though.  My guess is they unearthed something that looks like a pizza
>oven, but never had any pizza in it.
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I think a pizza as described is now called a "White pizza".  There are
also pesto pizzas.
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