Fun Facts

According to an American Dairy Association random sampling survey, pizza is America's fourth most craved food, behind cheese, chocolate and ice cream.

Approximately 3 billion pizzas are sold in the U.S. each year.

There are approximately 61,269 pizzerias in the United States

Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza each day, or 350 slices per second

Each man, woman and child in America eats an average of 46 slices (23 pounds) of pizza a year.

Pizza is a $30 billion per year industry

Domino's delivered 400 million pizzas last year that's a pizza (and a slice) for every man, woman and child in the United States.

The World's Fastest Pizza Maker makes 14 pizzas in 2 minutes and 35 seconds.

Domino's drivers cover 9 million miles each week in the U.S. alone. (That's 37.5 round trips to the moon every week!)

93% of Americans eat AT LEAST one pizza per month.

Pepperoni is by far America's favorite topping, (36% of all pizza orders). Approximately 251,770,000 pounds of pepperoni are consumed on pizzas annually. Other popular pizza toppings are mushrooms, extra cheese, sausage, green pepper and onions.

Gourmet toppings are gaining ground in some areas of the country such as chicken, oysters, crayfish, dandelions, sprouts, eggplant, Cajun shrimp, artichoke hearts and tuna. More recent trends include game meats such as venison, duck and Canadian bacon. (interesting….)

http://wwwstd.enmu.edu/cordovam/pizzafacts.htm

http://www.pizza.net/docs/funfacts.html

One Big Slice

I was looking through pictures on my computer when I came across this one. Believe it or not that is considered to be one slice of pizza. While visiting a friend at school we decided to grab a bite to eat. NY Pizza in downtown Boston, right near the Commons, was basically the only place open at the time. Not only was the slice of pizza HUGE, it was also very delicious. If you're ever in the area then hit it up. If that is the size of a slice...I wonder how big a WHOLE pizza is...hmm...

Greek Pizza

Greek pizza has a distinct style to it that is unlike other forms of pizza. Instead of being baked on bricks in the oven, Greek pizza is baked in a pan. The crust is thicker and chewier than that of other types of pizza. There is no set toppings that go along with Greek pizza, it is more so known for how it is baked. If someone were to order a Greek pizza it would most likely come topped with feta cheese, gyros, olives and spinach. This style of pizza is mainly found in the New England area and not in many other places in the US.

All of the pizza places near my house make the Greek style pizza. Even if my family wants to get pizza from a different place one time it is guaranteed to be Greek style unless we head to Papa Ginos. I like this style of pizza not only because it is what I grew up eating, but also that it is a lot less greasy than other kinds of pizza. (which might have a lot to do with the place we get it from). I think it would be very interesting to see what real Greek pizza tastes like, I bet it is much different.