Alphonso's Deep Dish Last night, while watching the MTV, I found myself craving some pepperoni. I figured I could take a trip down to Alphonso’s Italian Pizza for a bite of real deep dish Italian Pizza. I called up my coolest friend Benschie to accompany me to the rab shack of a restaurant. When we arrived the waitress sat us at our table. Next to us sat an old man, at the age of 82, and his granddaughter. Benschie and I overheard the old man talking about the Columbian exchange. Benschie turned to the man to get his name. The old man said, “Well hello younging, I go by the name of Gus, and this is my granddaughter, Therese." Benschie decided to ask Gus what he knew of the Columbian Exchange silence he was a history Geek. Gus said he was a part of the Columbian Exchange. Meanwhile, I’m sitting at the table, in silence starring at the three converse. The waitress comes along and asks what I would like, since it seems like I am the only one starving I order without the others knowing. I order a deep dish pizza with extra tomato sauce, pepperoni, and mozzarella cheese. Gus over hears me ordering and yells, "Hey let me tell you all about pizza and its role in the Columbian Exchange!" I am not interested, but Benschie is all ears for this one. Gus starts off by explaining pizza's origin. Pizza is from Naples, a city in southern Italy. The story of pizza is not very interesting but it gets exciting when we reach the topic of pizza toppings. Gus says, "Let's talk about tomato sauce." Tomatoes are a New World food. It came from the Americas and was transferred to Europe, Asia, and Africa. Fun Facts: Europeans thought tomato was poisonous because many would eat the tomato off their pottery, and their pottery had lead in it. Gus also implied the history of peppers. Peppers originated in Central and South America. They traveled from the New world to the old. Benschie, cut Gus off and added that "peppers were an important crop because they could be used as a decorative item, spicy treat, and also for medical." In the midst of all the talk about the Columbian exchange. My yummy pizza arrived at the table. Everyone stop talking and glanced at my pizza. Everyone took a look and said, "Ewww Anchovies!" I laughed and said how about a little history on anchovies since we are making a late night bite for pizza, a AP World History class. -Tamiah