Whoa, a lot of things about Italians.
@Kim_Kaphwan: I think that most expats tend to radicalize their local traditions; we have several kinds of pesto here.
Never heard about spinach in the original recipe, but for sure I'm more entitled in vg than in cuisine stuff... I see that most people choose the garlic free pesto in the supermarket.
Massimiliano should be from Genoa and his words are more valuable than mine that I write from Tuscany.
Cannoli are a Sicilian thing that you can find everywhere in Italy: but they must have ricotta cheese instead of whipped cream, to be the right stuff.
@Sylvie/Madman: At school they teach us that tomatoes are fruits, but our supermarket-touchscreens show'em in vegetables. so you're both right