heavy use of tomatoes is more typical of Italian-American dishes, although Italy has many differing cuisine traditions and its hard to generalize, they more typ

heavy use of tomatoes is more typical of Italian-American dishes, although Italy has many differing cuisine traditions and its hard to generalize, they more typically rely on seafood and rice in the south, and butter, cream, cheese and potatoes in the north than they do tomatoes (although pasta and olive oil are unquestionably universals in Italian cooking).