pizza is ubiquitous throughout the world - these circles of yeast bread, drizzled with tomato sauce and topped with cheese and other toppings have been adapted to suit the tastes of every country and region.

the first round pizza was served to queen margherita in 1889 in napoli - to honor the queen, the cooks used the colors of the italian flag with a type of food such cheese to represent white, basil for green, and tomato for red.

brought by italian immigrants, today pizza can be easily found just about everywhere - in rio de janeiro the hits are pepperoni, margherita and portuguese style pizza.