I love Italian cuisine!  DO you enjoy it?
It's  my favorite!  Especially Pasta with vegetables and olive oil
Talking about it is making me hungry!  What is your favorite type of pasta?  Mine is penne!
I love spaghetti!  Interestingly Italian Cuisine has actually influenced several cuisines around the world, especially in the U.S.!
What other cuisines have been influenced?  I am not sure I understand what you mean.
Some U.S. chefs used ideas from Italian cuisine when creating their own dishes - this is because of its abundance of taste
Oh, I see.  I definitely can understand why.  Do you like the newer versions of the Italian cuisine or do you prefer traditional?
Italian cuisine
Italian cuisine is food typical of Italy. It has developed through centuries of social and economic changes, with roots stretching to antiquity.
Significant changes occurred with the discovery of the New World and the introduction of potatoes, tomatoes, capsicums, maize and sugar beet, this last introduced in quantity in the 18th century. Italian cuisine is known for its regional diversity, especially between the north and the south of the Italian peninsula. It offers an abundance of taste, and is one of the most popular and
. Dalmatia and Istria draw upon culinary influences of Italian and other Mediterranean cuisines which prominently feature various seafood, cooked vegetables and pasta, as well as condiments such as olive oil and garlic. The continental cuisine is heavily influenced by Austrian, Hungarian, and Turkish culinary styles. In that area, meats, freshwater fish and vegetable dishes are predominant.
There are two distinct wine-producing regions in Croatia. The continental region in the northeast of the country, especially Slavonia, is capable of producing premium wines, particularly whites