D'italia Pizzeria Ossining

Care to guess the name of the most popular and common cheese sold on pizza in the U.S.? That would be mozzarella. In fact, mozzarella is the bestselling cheese sold nationally every year. This is largely due to the high demand for "pizza" cheese.

Historical records show that it was in the 18th century that the poor folk around the area of Naples in Italy got accustomed to adding tomatoes to their yeast-based flat bread, in order to give it some kind of flavor, and this is how it all began!

Over 30 percent of Americans order pepperoni on their pizzas, making it one popular spicy sausage. Can you guess the size of the biggest pepperoni pizza on record? That would be 44,457 pounds worth of gooey goodness.

Do you put pepperoni on your pizza? If so, you’re not alone. Each year 252 million pounds of pepperoni are consumed!

Did you know that the traditional way that pizza was sold in Naples was in copper cylindrical drums? These had false bottoms that were packed with charcoal from the oven to keep the pizzas hot.