page_title: Italian cuisine
section_title: Canada and the USA
hierarchical_section_title: Italian cuisine / Abroad / North and Central America / Canada and the USA
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Pizza Funghi mit Tomatensauce, Käse, Salami, Champignons, Paprika und schwarzen Oliven English: A supreme pizza with tomato sauce, cheese, pepperoni, peppers, olives, and mushrooms. melted cheese is typically stretched into hanging threads Español: Pizza con tomate y queso, salami, champiñones, olivas, pimiento فارسی: یک پیتزای عالی با پپرونی، فلفل، زیتون و قارچ Français&#160;: Pizza avec fond de sauce tomate, fromage, saucisson, champignons, olives, poivrons עברית: פיצה עם פפרוני, גמבות, זיתים ופטריות Íslenska: Pizza með sveppum, ólífum o.fl. Italiano: Pizza con salame piccante e funghi 日本語: ペパローニ、胡椒、オリーブ、マッシュルームを載せた最高のピザ Nederlands: Pizza met tomatensaus, kaas, salami, champignons, paprika en zwarte olijven Svenska: Pizza med tomatsås, ost, pepperoni korv, champinjoner, paprika och svarta oliver Українська: Піца фунгі з томатною пастою, сиром, салямі, шампіньйонами, паприкою та чорними оливками. Плавлений сир, як правило, розтягується у вигляді ниток
context_page_description: Italian cuisine is a Mediterranean cuisine consisting of the ingredients, recipes and cooking techniques developed across the Italian Peninsula since the antiquity, and later spread around the world together with waves of Italian diaspora.
  Significant changes occurred with the colonization of the Americas 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 copied in the world. It influenced several cuisines around the world, chiefly that of the United States.
  Italian cuisine is generally characterized by its simplicity, with many dishes having only two to four main ingredients. Italian cooks rely chiefly on the quality of the ingredients rather than on elaborate preparation. Ingredients and dishes vary by region. Many dishes that were once regional have proliferated with variations throughout the country.
context_section_description: Much of Italian-American cuisine is based on that found in Campania and Sicily, heavily Americanized to reflect ingredients and conditions found in the United States. Most pizza eaten around the world derives ultimately from the Neapolitan style, if somewhat thicker and usually with more toppings in terms of quantity.
caption: An Italian-American pizza with pepperoni (salami), mushrooms, olives and peppers
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