Preview: The surprising history of pizza

Welcome to the History Extra podcast. Today we're serving up a taster of our brand new series, History's Greatest Dishes, our fresh offering that delves into the extraordinary stories behind some of the past's most remarkable delicacies. In this instalment, food historian Annie Gray tells Emily Briffitt about the rise of pizza from humble Italian street food to global fast food favourite. What do we know about its origins? Why has it proven so popular?

And what is the deal with pineapple on pizza? Tell me, Emily, what do you think of pineapple on pizza? Well, it's a particularly contentious one, but I suppose this is the topic of today, isn't it, in this episode of History's Greatest Dishes? I'm your host, Emily Briffitz, and I'm joined today by Dr. Annie Gray.

Pizza. Where do we even start? I mean, I'm curious to find out what the general opinion is on pineapple on pizza. Well It's one of those things, whenever you ask people, they look a little bit shifty and often they'll go, oh, I'm I'm not convinced.

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