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": "assistant", "content": "I love to cook and eat Italian food. It's kind of crazy to think about how much Italian food has influenced American cuisine"}, {"role": "user", "content": "My mother's Korean friend asked her to teach her American cooking. She taught her to make spaghetti and meatballs and eggplant parm. She wasn't even Italian-American! She was from Germany."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Wow that is awesome! I love eggplant parm. The word for \"eggplant\" in England is actually a French word: \"aubergine\""}, {"role": "user", "content": "Eggplant is one of my faves, too. The English have different words for other foods, too. Like a squash is a marrow,"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Interesting! There is actually another word \"cucurbita\" that the Latins say instead of \"gourd\" and I think it just sounds so much better"}, {"role": "user", "content": "It's charming. I like Latin-American food, too. Dominican, Puerto Rican, Mexican... Mexican is one of my favorite cuisines."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah, and a lot of Latin-American food is maize-based, such as arepas, pupusas, tacos, and tamales. Cheese pupusas are my favorite!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I've never had a pupusa and I want to. I love arepas, and that's similar, right?"}]