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Happy Cheese Pizza Day!

Cheese pizza was first made over 7,000 years ago and it remains the most popular pizza on the planet!  The first pizza makers used flatbread, oils and cheese and today…

SANTA MONICA, CA – FEBRUARY 25: A ‘Margherita’ pizza is on display at the AT&T’s Jon & Vinny’s pop-up pizza bar at the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards sponsored by AT&T at Santa Monica Pier on February 25, 2017 in Santa Monica, California. AT&T is a proud sponsor of the 2017 Independent Spirit Awards and is celebrating all things film with a Jon & Vinny’s pop-up pizza bar. AT&T will donate 20,000 meals to the LA Food Bank as part of their #NeedTheDough event. (Photo by Rachel Murray/Getty Images for AT&T)

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Cheese pizza was first made over 7,000 years ago and it remains the most popular pizza on the planet! 

The first pizza makers used flatbread, oils and cheese and today over 350 pieces of pizza are sold every minute somewhere in the world! Check out how you can make your own Margherita pizza at home!

Catherine Lane is the morning show co-host and midday host on Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She has been with the station for the past 24 years and is a recipient of the Academy of Country Music Major Market Personality of the Year award. Catherine has been on air in both radio and television in the Queen City for 38 years. As a content creator for Country 1037, Catherine writes blogs on local events and restaurants. She also writes about great travel spots and out of the way places in the Carolinas. Anything outdoors, travel, food, animals or the many country artists from the Carolinas.