Google Doodle Today: Google celebrates pizza, creates interactive doodle | World News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Google on Monday created an interactive doodle to celebrate one of the world’s most popular dishes – pizza.
The day is also significant as in 2007, the culinary art of Neapolitan “Pizzaiuolo” was inscribed on the Unesco representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
The culinary practice comprises four different phases relating to the preparation of the dough and its baking in a wood-fired oven, involving a rotatory movement by the baker. The element originated in Naples, the capital of the Campania Region, where about 3,000 Pizzaiuoli now live and perform.
Interestingly, the pizza puzzle game by Google features a few of the most beloved pizza toppings from all over the world and challenges the user to slice based on the type of pizza ordered.

The 11 pizzas that a user has to cut are margherita pizza (cheese, tomatoes, basil), pepperoni pizza (cheese, pepperoni), white pizza (cheese, white sauce, mushrooms, broccoli), calabresa pizza (cheese, calabresa, onion rings, whole black olives), muzzarella pizza (cheese, oregano, whole green olives), hawaiian pizza (cheese, ham, pineapple), magyaros pizza (cheese, salami, bacon, onion, chili pepper), teriyaki mayonnaise pizza (cheese, teriyaki chicken, seaweed, mayonnaise), tom yum pizza (cheese, shrimp, mushrooms, chili peppers, lime leaves), paneer tikka pizza (paneer, capsicum, onion, paprika) and dessert pizza with endless possibilities to make one of your choice.
“But keep a close eye on the requested toppings and number of slices—the more accurate the order, the more stars you earn!” Google says.
“Although flatbread with toppings has been consumed for centuries in ancient civilizations from Egypt to Rome, the southwestern Italian city of Naples is widely credited as the birthplace of the pizza known today (dough layered with tomatoes and cheese) in the late 1700s. It’s here that the story of pizza begins: one that is baked together with centuries of global migration, economic development, and technological evolution,” Google added.
The search giant engine also noted that today, an estimated five billion pizzas (350 slices per second in the US alone) are consumed internationally each year. No matter how you slice it.