"Rich red sauces, gnocchi, pasta and pizza are now enjoyed the world over. Yet the cuisine we label 'Italian' today is most often that of southern Italy, where the majority of early Italian emigrants originated. And much of what we think of as traditional Italian food is, in fact, quite recent." https://www.1843magazine.com/food/how-to-eat-like-an-etruscan-did-2000-years-ago