2007-01-22 02:56:05 · 27 answers · asked by suzanne_mcgann 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
Pasta is from China. It was brought back with Marco Polo.
Pizza is from Naples although it is much different from the pizza we eat today.
2007-01-22 03:03:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, pasta originated in CHINA. Long cut noodles.
Macaroni (extruded pasta) was created in italy.
Pizza originated in italy, and was a food for very poor people,
Until the queen became interested in the fad, had her cook make a few different pizzas for her so she could find out what all the hype was about.
Two were not accepted by her, but the third had cheese and tomatoes, and she loved it. It was named for her...pizza margherita, and became more famous from then on.
2007-01-22 03:22:31 · answer #2 · answered by gg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pizza is definately Italy, though I heard on a cookery programme that pasta actually originates from China....like through the formation of noodles came pasta.
2007-01-22 06:36:02 · answer #3 · answered by oxEmmaxo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pasta was originated from China century ago, and it's been mentioned in a few food TV shows. I am, however, not sure where pizza was originated from. All I know is I prefer the European think crust.
2007-01-22 18:33:52 · answer #4 · answered by Dawn S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Vikings made pizza long before the Neapolitans. The Vikings baked a flat bread with fish on it. (More than 1000 years ago.)
The invention of macaroni (what the Italians call pasta secca and which specifies dried--versus fresh, pasta fresca--pasta) has been attributed to the Etruscans, the Chinese, the Greeks, and the Romans, as well as the Arabs.
2007-01-22 05:41:40 · answer #5 · answered by Amymoni 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pizza is Italian, though real pizza in Italy is often different to what you get in "pizzerias" in the rest of the word. Many types of pasta were developed independently and simultaneously in different parts of the world...China, the Arab countries, and the European noodle.
2007-01-22 03:02:50 · answer #6 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pasta came from China 2000BC
Pizza came from Naples Italy
2007-01-22 03:20:31 · answer #7 · answered by Peachy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pasta is throughout the world, everyone says Italy, which I can believe, and pizza people say is Chinese. Forget that though, Italy has turned it into something that is throughout the world today, they deserve the credit.
Ofcourse, me being how I am, Italians invented everything and started the world. :)
2007-01-22 03:04:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than likely, China. They were certainly the first with pasta. Pizza was invented to use up leftovers.
2007-01-22 03:01:35 · answer #9 · answered by charterman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pizza is originally from naples.. the best pizzas are cooked in a wood fire oven delicious..
pasta has been around for years in many cultures as it's only pastry.. originally it is thought the greeks may have brought pasta to italy...
2007-01-22 03:03:20 · answer #10 · answered by lion of judah 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋