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Cheese, the crowning ingredient, was not added until 1889, when the Royal Palace commissioned the Neapolitan pizzaiolo, Raffaele Esposito, to create a pizza in honor of the visiting Queen Margherita. Of the three contenders he created, the Queen strongly preferred a pie swathed in the colors of the Italian flag – red (tomato), green (basil), and white (mozzarella).
By the end of the 18th Century, it was common for poor Italians in Naples to add tomatoes to their yeast-based flat breads, paving the way for modern pizza.
Pizza Marinara took its name from the seafarers who ate this particular pizza prepared by their wives when they returned home from their fishing expeditions in the Bay of Naples. The seafarer's wife, la marinara, traditionally topped the pizza with tomato, oregano, garlic, and extra virgin olive oil.
Giovanni and Gennero Bruno came to America from Naples, Italy in 1903 and introduced the Neapolitan pizza to Boston. Later, Vincent Bruno (Giovanni's son) went on to open the first pizzeria in Chicago.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)Cheese, the crowning ingredient, was not added until 1889, when the Royal Palace commissioned the Neapolitan pizzaiolo, Raffaele Esposito, to create a pizza in honor of the visiting Queen Margherita. Of the three contenders he created, the Queen strongly preferred a pie swathed in the colors of the Italian flag – red (tomato), green (basil), and white (mozzarella).