David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

@JohnDickie1 ... the queen would probably have regarded pizza as greasy, messy, and disgusting. The Piedmontese kings and queens of Italy ate French food and used French-language menus until well into the 20th century. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 16, 2021

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@JohnDickie1 Queen Margherita visited Naples in the wake of a gruesome cholera bout. Neapolitans (who had never before warmed to the Piedmontese monarchy) were grateful. The pizza-naming honors her brave visit. Like most contemporary non-Neapolitans, however ... — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 16, 2021

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@JohnDickie1 Dickie tells of a Neapolitan entrepreneur who tried to sell pizza in Rome after the Italian government settled there in 1870. The business flopped. Not until after the Second World War did northern Italians accept pizza, probably thanks more to US influence than Neapolitan. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 16, 2021