people here do things their own way. take the energy of new york and mix in the gritty elegance of new orleans. add 3,000 years of history and cook it all up in the heat of the world s most famous volcano. that is napoli. i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides and i m traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. in the south we are very used to fight. this place may be looked down on as the poverty-stricken underdog of italy. but the people who live in this region have their own way of doing things. for me this is our philosophy. this is our style, our tradition. they ve given the world its favorite food. pizza margherita. just don t forget where it was invented. if pizza was going to be born anywhere, it would be here in naples. the city is hot, fast, and a feast for the senses. naples is situated in campania. it s the unofficial capital of the italian south and is even older
is beautiful. but calabria means something more to me. it s my ancestral homeland. and i want to get to know the region that my family left behind all those years ago. is this jogging your memory at all? that s a long time ago. i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides, and i m traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. caught between a rock and the sea, the calabrese are notoriously tough. but this is a place where southern hospitality is a way of life. oh, my gosh, look at the size of it. you should open a restaurant. and in this poor region. all right. every meal is a celebration. oh, wow. there s like a million different flavors in there. calabria sits in the toe of the boot of italy, connected to basilicata in the north and separated from sicily in the south only by the narrow strait of messina. it s a region of rugged landscapes, dramatic mountain ranges, and
i really have very few memories of it. i ve been dreaming of coming back to calabria since i was a boy. i don t remember it being this green. it s absolutely beautiful. it s a wild and rugged region steeped in mystery and myth, a place that s as troubled as it is beautiful. but calabria means something more to me. it s my ancestral homeland. and i want to get to know the region that my family left behind all those years ago. is this jogging your memory at all? that s a long time ago. i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides, and i m traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. caught between a rock and the sea, the calabrese are notoriously tough. but this is a place where southern hospitality is a way of life. oh, my gosh, look at the size of it. you should open a restaurant. and in this poor region. all right. every meal is a celebration. oh, wow. there s like a million di
i really have very few memories of it. i ve been dreaming of coming back since i was a boy. i don t remember it being this green. it s a place as troubled as beautiful will you it means something more to me. it s my ancestry homeland and i m italian on both sides traveling across it lee to discover how the food in the 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. caught between a rock and the sea, they are notoriously tough. you should open a restaurant. [ laughter ] and in this poor region, every meal is a celebration. out, wow. celebrate. it sits and separated from sicily in the south only by the narrow straight. it s a region of rugged landscapes, dramatic mountain ranges and some 500 miles of incredible coastline. it doesn t have the infrastructure. a lot of abandoned buildings and poverty and corruption. it s unfortunate. like millions of calabrians. my grandparents migrated from this region with nothing but the clothes on their backs so i m hea
caught between a rock and the sea, cabrese are notoriously tough. but this is a place where southern hospitality is a way of life. oh, my gosh. look at the size of those. you should open a restaurant. and in this poor region every meal is a celebration. oh, wow. looks like a million different flavors in there. calabria sits in the toe of the boot in italy separated from sicily in the south only by the narrow strait of mecina. it s a region of rugged landscapes, mountain ranges and 500 miles of coastline. it doesn t have that infrastructure, still a lot of abandoned buildings, a lot of poverty, a lot of corruption. it s really unfortunate because it is magnificent. like millions of calabrians, all four of my grandparents immigrated from this region with nothing but the clothes on their backs. so i m headed first to see the birthplace of my grandfather, the man who my father and i are named after. the town s population, 900 and happily i m being joined by two semi