How has Italy influenced Australia's eating habits?

Answer 1

Foods like pasta and Pizza are now considered part of the everyday diet and made at home by most Australians regardless of ancestry.

Olive oil in now on every supermarket shelf where it was once only available in pharmacies, Australian now produces its own excellent oils. Garlic once looked at in Horror is in every kitchen

Coffee has overtaken tea and good espresso can be found not just in the cities but also small country towns

Italian (and Greek) mass migration in the 50s & 60s moved Australia away from British cooking and created our own unique food culture

Answer 2

As time went on, stuff changed.