i like to cook.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Italian cuisine is food typical from 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, bell peppers, 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 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. Pasta, vegetables, olive oil and fish are a major part of the Italian cuisine. Italian cuisine is probably the most important expression of the Mediterranean diet. Italian cuisine has developed over the centuries. Although the country known as Italy did not unite until the 19th century, the cuisine can claim traceable roots as far back as the 4th century BCE.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I love Italian food.  How about you?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I love Elizabeth David, she was a British Recipe Author, she died in 1992 though, bless her heart"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I do not know her.  What did she write"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "She never wrote anything in particular, she is known mostly for her influence in revitalizing home cookery in her native country in the 20th century."}, {"role": "user", "content": "that is nice.  How did she change cooking?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "She was born upper-class and her family had much abided by the customs of a time which she rebelled against and pushed the boundary on traditional cooking."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Did she use more spices or how did she push the boundaries?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "She used medieval cuisine inspired elements and spices yes, European cooking is very different from other countries. "}]