Inventing the pizzeria : a history of pizza making in Naples / by Antonio Mattozzi ; edited and translated by Zachary Nowak ; illustrations edited by Donatella Mattozzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mattozzi, Antonio, author.

Contributor:

Nowak, Zachary, editor, translator.

Standardized Title:

Storia napoletana. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Pizzerias--Italy--Naples--History--18th century.

Pizzerias.

Pizzerias--Italy--Naples--History--19th century.

Pizza chefs--Italy--Naples--History--18th century.

Pizza chefs.

Pizza chefs--Italy--Naples--History--19th century.

Naples (Italy)--Social life and customs.

Naples (Italy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxv, 156 pages)

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.

Summary:

"Pizza is one of the best-known and widely exported Italian foods and yet relatively little is known about its origins in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Myths such as the naming of pizza margherita after the Italian queen abound, but little serious scholarly attention has been devoted to the topic. Eschewing exaggerated fables, this book draws a detailed portrait of the difficulties experienced by the then marginalized class of pizza makers, rather than the ultimate success of their descendants. It provides a unique exploration of the history of pizza making in Naples, offering an archival-based history of the early story of pizza and the establishment of the pizzeria. Touching upon issues of politics, economics and sociology, Inventing the Pizzeria contributes not only to the commercial, social and food history of Italy but also provides an urban history of a major European city, told through one of its most famous edible exports. Originally published in Italian, this English edition is updated with a revised introduction and conclusion, a new preface and additional images and sources."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

FC; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Editor's Introduction; Author's Preface; 1 The origins of pizza and the pizzeria; Why Naples?; "Pizza": The origins and meanings of the word; The history of pizza through dictionaries and written accounts; After the unification of Italy; 2 Censuses and statistics: Pizzaioli in their social context; The first documents; Pizzerias in Naples in 1807; The Expansion of the 1800s; Pizzaioli in statistics and censuses; The social status of the pizzaiolo

Pizza hawkers and "oggi a otto"Pizzaiole; 3 Licenses and the law; Ordinances and police regulations; Skirmishes between shopkeepers and police; Licenses, inspections, and rules; 4 Inside the pizzeria and behind the counter; Pizzaioli between cops and owners; Real estate income; Fires; Descriptions of pizzerias; Pizzerias and trattorias; Restaurateurs and trattorias; Water and pizzas: Wells and aqueducts; 5 Uncertainty and continuity in hard times; Structural difficulties; Heredity of the profession and intrafamily continuity; Individual persistence; Giving up

6 The distribution of pizzerias across the cityPolitical and urban shake-ups; The Bourbon period; After unification; Everyday work in the pizzeria; 7 Historic pizzerias; The oldest pizzerias; Port'Alba and Largo della Carità; Sant'Anna di Palazzo; Other nineteenth-century pizzerias; 8 A family affair; Problems with documentation; The Lombardis: A voyage between Naples and New York; The mystery of the Pace family: 1800s or 1900s?; The saga of the Mattozzis; Conclusion: Yesterday's pizza, today's pizza; From antiquity to the eighteenth century; Genuine Neapolitan pizza

Ingredients and preparationThe twentieth century in Naples ... ; ... and beyond; Sources-Neapolitan pizzerias in the 1800s (bourbon period); Sources-Neapolitan pizzerias from 1860 to 1901; Sources-Neapolitan pizzerias cited in commercial guides from 1880, 1881, 1886, 1888, and 1900; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Translated from the Italian.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781472586193

1472586190

9781472586186

1472586182

OCLC:

1201426925