Today, November 12th is National Loaded Pizza (Without Anchovies) Day!

Lucas never heard about this and actually went to school today instead of taking the day off!

National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day is celebrated annually on November 12.  Pizza with all of your favorite toppings, on the crust style of your choice, is on the menu as you, along with people all across the country, celebrate this day.

Whether your pizza is thin crust, hand tossed, thick crust or deep dish, top it with all of your favorite toppings (excluding anchovies)  and use #PizzaWithTheWorksExceptAnchoviesDay to post on social media.

Pizza Facts

• In ancient Greece, the Greeks covered their bread with oils, herbs and cheese which some believe is the beginning of the “pizza”.
• In Byzantine Greek, the word was spelled “πίτα”, pita, meaning pie. 
• A sheet of dough topped with cheese and honey, then flavored with bay leaves was developed by the Romans.
• The modern pizza had it’s beginning in Italy as the Neapolitan flatbread.
• The original pizza used only mozzarella cheese, mainly the highest quality buffalo mozzarella variant which was produced in the surroundings of Naples.
• It was estimated that the annual production of pizza cheese in the United States in 1997 was 2 billion pounds.
• The first United States pizza establishment opened in 1905 and was in New York’s Little Italy.
• Pizza has become one of America’s favorite meals.