Photo: Pizza Loses Favor as Italians Turn to Pasta

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A pizza maker prepares a traditional Neapolitan pie in central Rome on May 26, 2004.

But pizza, one of Italy's most iconic foods, has lost favor as prices have skyrocketed, with nearly half as many people saying it is their favorite food compared with two years ago.

Photograph by REUTERS/Tony Gentile DJM/DL

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