[CodeToad]

Very true. Even the definition of “Italian” is dependent on point of view. If you wanted, you could go back to when Italians didn’t use tomatoes. They were considered uneatable.

[SoCal Pubbie]

One good idea I had years ago that I never acted on, one among many, was to create a pre-Columbian cookbook in time for the anniversary of Chris’ first voyage in 1492. So this would have come out in 1992. No tomatoes. I would have had to do considerable research, but I thought it might have had marketability. Maybe.