The decline and fall of anchovy pizza
Did the Church destroy anchovy pizza? At The Federalist, David Marcus put the case for the prosecution. “Throughout much of the 20th century,” Marcus wrote, “anchovies were as associated with pizza as cream cheese is with bagels, or mustard with hot dogs. In movies, television shows, and (of course) pizzerias, anchovy pizza was ubiquitous.” But today they are the least popular pizza topping. What happened?
“I place the blame squarely at the feet of the Roman Catholic Church,” Marcus argued. “In particular the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican (Vatican II), which closed in 1965 and officially made abstaining from meat on Friday optional except for the seven Fridays in Lent.”
