italian food, especially pizza is totally different from the
american crap we have aka pizza hut. 
if you go to italy you will realise that the pizza is
somewhat like our hawker food, except that its almost 3 or 4 times
the price. just plain and simple: crispy crust, some tomato paste,
optional cheese mostly mozerella, some herbs and maybe vegetables
to go along. and they do have lots of other foods depending on what
region. the food in the tuscan region is very different from lets
say the southern regions like sicily. same thing with chinese food,
french food, spanish food. i guess the only "standard" food is
american junk food, and we all love our burgers, not macdonalds, i
mean a good grilled beef patty done to your liking be it medium or
medium well etc, generous slices of real cheddar and fatty strips
of bacon..ahh..decadence..