Having spent considerable time trying to track down the inventor of
pizza, I have narrowed it down to two persons from very different
places and times. In the process of my research, many questions about
the philosophy of history and historiography have been raised.

Here are my basic conclusions:

Now, we all agree on the importance of pizza in the broader sweep of
Human History, but the problem lies in determining who the Inventor of
Pizza was. There are two major theories on this:

1) Pizza was invented by the great Italian explorer Pizzaro, who was
as adventurous in the kitchen as he was on the High Seas. Proponents
of this view maintain that "Pizzaro discovered a New World of culinary
delight which would provide a jump in happiness for all of future
humanity." (Sadly, the place in history of this noble Italian
innovator has been obscured by the greater visibility of his better-
known cousin, the Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizaro. The younger
Francisco is said to have dropped one 'z' from the family name for
fear of being regarded as "a mere cook" in the wake of his cousin's
popular and savoury creation.)

On Jun 28, 4:41 pm, Berkeley Brett gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:41:26 -0700, Berkeley Brett wrote:

Trying to determine ONE 'inventor' might be forcing things a bit.

In baking circles it is know that it was and is an old practice to make a
pizza type of thing out of the day's left over scrapes of dough.