[vraivroo]

You misunderstood. It's not "Pizza" that was looked down upon in Italy, it was "toppings on pizza".

There are 3 official types of Neapolitan pizza, for example, and none of them have any of what Americans would traditionally consider "toppings".

Putting anything other than tomato sauce, mozzarella, and seasonings on a Neapolitan pie is, simply, "looked down upon".

[viklove]

> Neapolitan pie

It's a bit ironic you would put these two words together in your comment. No one would call a Neapolitan pizza a pie -- that word probably originates from deep dish (aka Chicago style) pizza, which actually resembles a pie.

[RandallBrown]

Pizza pie was used for decades before the invention of the deep dish. https://www.crustkingdom.com/why-is-pizza-called-pie/

[KozmoNau7]

There is more to Italian pizza than Neapolitan pizza.

Roman pizza is distinctly different. It's either Focaccia-like thick and made in rectangular pans, or round, thin and crispy, much closer to NY-style pizza, and much more adventurous with the toppings.

If anyone in Italy looks down on Roman-style pizza, they're idiots.

[eecc]

In fact, nobody does... really. Nobody