
In casual settings, however, it is cut into wedges to be eaten while held in the hand. In Italy, pizza served in a restaurant is presented unsliced, and is eaten with the use of a knife and fork. A person who makes pizza is known as a pizzaiolo. A small pizza is sometimes called a pizzetta. Pizza ( English: / ˈ p iː t s ə/ PEET-sə, Italian:, Neapolitan: ) is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as various types of sausage, anchovies, mushrooms, onions, olives, vegetables, meat, ham, etc.), which is then baked at a high temperature, traditionally in a wood-fired oven.
