pizza pie
Tomato cheese disc
Pizza pie is simply pizza—the Italian-American dish of flatbread topped with tomato sauce, cheese, and various toppings, baked in an oven.
The addition of "pie" reflects the dish's round, sliceable form and early American attempts to describe unfamiliar food: Let's order a pizza pie.
The full phrase sounds old-fashioned or regional today, mostly heard in New York and New Jersey.
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- basilFragrant culinary leaf
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