'pizza'

food types similar to pizza has been found occuring as far back as the neolithic age .. thats 10 000 years ago .. even though these kinds were more like foccacios .. the name pizza comes from 990 ad from the town gaeta, italy .. it comes form the ancient greek word 'pikta' for 'fermented pastry' ..

in the guinness book of records the largest pizza weighed 12.19 tonnes and the claim to fame belongs to norwood hypermarket, south africa .. 8 december 1990 ..

the guinness book of records most expensive pizza costs 1.400 pounds per kilogram .. it consist of thin crust, wood fired pizza topped with onion puree, white truffel paste, fortina cheese, baby mozarella, pancetta, cep mushrooms, freshly picked wild mizuma lettuce and garnished with fresh shavings of a rare italian white truffle ..

peter czerwinski holds the record for eating a 12 inch pizza in 41.31 seconds ..