Why national foods like pizza, ramen and tacos are steeped in disagreement and controversy

In many countries, food is part of a country’s national identity. But it’s not always a natural evolution. "There's a lot of money and marketing that goes into creating national identities [of food] besides sheer grassroots patriotism," food writer Anya von Bremzen tells ABC RN’s Blueprint for Living. That’s because national dishes are not only about food, but “also about politics”, she says. Here’s how some popular dishes became bound up in issues far beyond their taste. A questionable royal history of pizza There’s a popular story, widely accepted as fact, about the origins of a certain, very famous pizza….