Fugazza

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Fugazza con queso (from genoese dialect: fugassa, italian: focaccia), or simply fugazza, is a common type of argentinian pizza originating in buenos aires that consists of a thick pizza crust topped with onions, cheese, and sometimes olives. it is derived from a combination of neapolitan pizza with italian focaccia bread. fugazza and its variations are believed to have been invented by a genovese-argentine pizza maker named juan banchero sometime between 1893 and 1932, who served it out of a pizza shop bearing his name. banchero's pizza shop continues to sell fugazza to this day in the buenos aires neighborhood of la boca, which historically served as a home to genovese immigrants to arg...

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