I love cooking Italian cuisine.
I've heard that Italian is one of the most popular types of food in the world. A lot of people copy it. Is it your favorite?
It's not my favorite, but since my family has Italian heritage it's the type of food I'm familiar with cooking and consider comfort food.
Does your family cook pasta a lot? It's one of the most common Italian foods. It was first introduced in Sicily in 1154.
Yes, often. Do you know if it came from another part of the world, or was introduced and created in Sicily?
The first ever reference of pasta in historic artifacts is in Sicily. It spread from there.
That's interesting. Tomatoes are a typical ingredient in Italian American cuisine. Are they native to Italy as well? 
They actually originated in South America, isn't that weird?