Pizza art

It is difficult to know, with no uncertainty, where or when, exactly, pizza was "invented" but it appears the Greeks beat the Italians to it. One source claims that in the 6th century soldiers beholden to Darius the Great made a type of pizza (more like a flatbread) with cheese, some herbs, oil and dates and baked it on their shields. No tomatoes--those didn't come along until later. But what a beautiful way to eat ... a perfect, wood-fired crust topped with delicious, bubbling cheese, fresh vegetables and okay, some of that amazing sausage and pepperoni. It takes a certain finesse to bake a pizza in a wood oven. You have to pull the dough just right so it's not too thick. Once in the oven, you can't let it go too long. You have to watch it carefully. You want a little charring but not too much. When the morels were out (are they really gone already?) Paul treated folks to a wild mushroom pizza that was simply amazing. What? "It's just a pizza?" I think not. It is a work of art.