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Pizza Margherita
The most popular—not universally accepted—story suggests that Margherita of Savoy, the former queen consort of Italy, visited Naples in June 1889 with her husband, King Umberto I, who was also her first cousin.
This visit came shortly after the unification of northern and southern Italy, a time when southern Italy was in need of a morale boost following its loss of independence.
According to legend, the queen grew weary of the gourmet French cuisine she had been served during the trip and requested that Raffaele Esposito, the most renowned pizza maker in Naples, prepare her a pizza.
The story goes that her favorite pizza was made with mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil—ingredients that conveniently represented the three colors of the Italian flag. Esposito named the dish in her honor, and thus, the Margherita pizza was born—though the details of this story remain the subject of much debate.
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