Pizza party

Pizzas at a pizza party

A pizza party is a social gathering at which pizza is served.^[1][2][3]

Typically, a pizza that is 10 to 14 inches wide will feed two people.^[4] Since pizzas can include a very wide variety of toppings, one particular type of pizza party allows the guests to create their own custom-made pizza, using a selection of ingredients from among the toppings provided by the party's host.^[4]

When a pizza party does not include any custom-made pizzas, and the particular preferences of the guests are unknown, it is common to include at least one plain cheese-only and/or vegetable-only pizza for people who are averse to meats or other available toppings.^[5]

Notable pizza parties

On September 8, 2019, one of the largest pizza parties was held at the Ippodromo Capannelle in Rome, where 1,146 people dined on pizza together.^[6]

On September 18, 2020, Hormel Foods hosted the world's then largest virtual pizza party, when more than 3,000 people joined a Zoom-hosted pizza party. In order to break the record, at least 500 photos of individuals needed to be uploaded during the one-hour event. The final tally was 907 photos.^[7]

In August 2021, astronauts aboard the International Space Station held the very first pizza party in space, following a cargo shipment that included pizza-making ingredients.^[8]

References

1. "The pizza party". Teaching Children Mathematics. 22 (7): 398–400. March 2016. doi:10.5951/teacchilmath.22.7.0398. JSTOR 10.5951/teacchilmath.22.7.0398.
2. Saltiel, Jennifer (April 25, 2016). "How to Host a Make-Your-Own Pizza Party". Good Housekeeping. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
3. Chase, Chris (November 1, 2015). "Here's Roger Federer housing some pizza with ballkids". USA Today. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
4. Knudson, Pamela. "How to throw an awesome personal pizza party" Archived February 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Grand Forks Herald (January 27, 2016).
5. Hulin, Belinda. The Everything Pizza Cookbook: 300 Crowd-Pleasing Slices of Heaven^{[permanent dead link‍]}, p. 13 (Everything Books, 2007).
6. "Rome makes world record for biggest pizza party". Wanted In Rome. September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
7. "Hormel Foods Sets World Record With One Huge Pizza Party". PMQ Pizza Magazine. October 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
8. Castrodale, Jelisa (August 30, 2021). "Astronauts Threw an Out of This World Pizza Party Onboard the International Space Station". Food & Wine. Retrieved September 27, 2021.