I love Italian cuisine! It has developed through centuries through all kinds of social and economic changes! 
It sounds delicious, what are some staples of Italian cuisine?
Pasta of course is very popular. Olive oil, vegetables, and fish are also a big part of Italian food. 
Oh yes those do sound familiar, are there regional differences in Italian cuisine?
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
are browned in fat and used as a basis for a finished sauce. The vegetables may also be cooked long enough until they fall apart, and may become part of the sauce or pureed to form the sauce.
International versions Italian "soffritto".
In Italian cuisine, chopped onions, carrots and celery are chopped up to form a "", and then slowly cooked in olive oil, becomes "soffritto". It is used as the base for most pasta sauces, such as arrabbiata sauce, but occasionally it