Subject: ancient Italian cooking

From: [email-masked]
Date: 2 Jun 93 16:54:58 +1200

I have heard, that tomatoes originate from America and that pasta originates
 from china,( bought to Italy by Marco Polo), so what was Italian cooking like
 before these countries were discovered? It must have been very different to
 what we identify as Italian cooking now. 
Does anyone know about ancient Italian cooking?
Bye melanie