Pizza to Die For: Italian Prosecutors Allege Pizzerias in Naples Have Been Using Coffin Wood

If you thought that Neapolitan pizza on your last vacation to Italy was to die for, you were more right. Italian prosecutors allege that pizzeria owners in Naples have been using coffin wood to make their pizzas and save on the cost of combustible material.

Thieves in Naples routinely raid cemeteries for flowers, pots, and other goods.

Neapolitan pizza was invented between 1715 and 1725 and the Margherita variant (right) was introduced in 1889.

This would make for an interesting negligent infliction of emotional distress claim. Technically, at the heat of an oven, there may not be a health risk. However, most people would find it rather distressful to learn that their pizza was cooked over the ashes of used coffins.

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