There's a lot more to Italian cuisine than just pizza and pasta. Italy has a fantastic variety of local cuisine that varies depending on which part of the country you are in.

In Rome, they use a lot of pecorino (sheep's cheese) and organ meats, while in Tuscany white beans and bread without salt are more common. The Roman pizzas are more like thin crackers, whereas Neapolitan and Sicilian pizza is a lot thicker.

The biggest regional difference is the type of fats used. In the north they tend to use richer and heavier fats like cream butter and cheese, whereas in the south the use olive oil.
North Italian cuisine is quite heavily influenced by French cooking because of the proximity of the border. Italian food is simply delicious and very healthy too; it's regarded by most as the prime example of the Mediterranean diet.

No visit to Italy would be complete without tasting one, (or all!) of these: spinach ravioli
served with lasagna and a side order of cheese; gelato ice cream (incredibly delicious!); pizza - there's too many to mention, but the thin crust Roman version is fantastic.