PIZZA AS IT IS KNOWN TODAY WAS BROUGHT TO AMERICA BY ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS. HERE'S A LITTLE HISTORY: PIZZA IS A WORD THAT APPEARED BETWEEN NAPLES AND ROME AROUND THE YEAR 1000. PIZZA MEANS "PIE." MOZZARELLA, TODAY'S PIZZA CHEESE, ORIGINATED IN NAPLES IN THE 15TH CENTURY. THE FIRST RECIPE FOR ITALIAN TOMATO SAUCE APPEARS AROUND 1692. AND PIZZA MARGHERITA, NAMED AFTER THE FIRST QUEEN OF A UNITED ITALY, IS JUST OVER A CENTURY OLD. PIZZA MARGHERITA USES TOMATO, MOZZARELLA, AND FRESH BASIL; THE RED, WHITE AND GREEN COLORS OF THE ITALIAN FLAG. SO HERE'S THE PROBLEM, WITH PIZZA BEING SO RICH IN ITALIAN TRADITION, WHY IS THERE ONLY ONE PROCIUTTOS ITALIAN PIZZERIA? BREAK THE CHAIN - FOR LUNCH TODAY, DELIGHT YOUR TONGUE WITH PIZZA STEEPED IN THE TRADITIONS OF OLD ITALY. PROCIUTTOS ITALIAN PIZZERIA, MAIN STREET, DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD. REAL ITALIAN PIZZA AND SUBS FOR DINE IN, CARRY OUT OR DELIVERY. THERE IS ONLY ONE AUTHENTIC TASTE OF TRUE ITALIAN PIZZA, PROSCIUTTOS ITALIAN PIZZERIA, EVEN THE NAME SPEAKS ITALIAN.