 The food is this product of this incredible cross-contamination of different ingredients. Some are coming from North Africa. Some are coming from Asia. Others are coming from the Americas. And what we kind of dream of when we go to an Italian island is sitting on a beach and eating eggplant parmesan, a dish that would be impossible without this gastronomic conquest. Techniques, just a couple. You talk about salting water more heavily for fresh pasta than dried ingredients.