Italian cuisine changed significantly with the discovery of the New World and the introduction of tomatoes, bell peppers, and potatoes. Do you enjoy Italian cuisine?
I lived in Sicily for a couple of years, and I really developed an appreciation for Italian cuisine!  That was probably the best food I've ever had.
Lucky you! There is a regional diversity between the north and south in Italy. Sicily is northern, right?
Sicily is the most southern part of Italy, it's the island at the bottom of the "boot" of the country.  It's very culturally different form the northern region.
I see that it is an autonomous region in Italy along with minor islands which are often referred to as "Regione Siciliana"
Yep!  Their flag has a Medusa's head on it with three protruding legs, called the "Trinacrea".  The island was once conquered by the Greeks, so a lot of their culture comes from ancient Greece.
in the world, currently high. The island has a typical Mediterranean climate.
The earliest archaeological evidence of human activity on the island dates from as early as 12,000 BC. By around 750 BC, Sicily had three Phoenician and a dozen Greek colonies and it was later the site of the Sicilian Wars and the Punic Wars. After the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, Sicily was ruled during the Early Middle Ages by the Vandals, the Ostrogoths, the Byzantine Empire, and the Emirate of Sicily
List of Italian dishes
This is a list of Italian dishes and foods. Italian cuisine has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots as far back as the 4th century BC. Italian cuisine has its origins in Etruscan, ancient Greek, and ancient Roman cuisines.
Significant changes occurred with the discovery of the New World and the introduction of potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers and maize, now central to the cuisine but not introduced in quantity until the 18th century. The cuisine of Italy is noted for