there s a story that goes when god created the world, he took all the leftover bits and wanted to make something beautiful with them. so he made sardinia. and there s something to that. sardinia is really an island of bits and pieces in the best possible way. each local community is like an island of its own with widely varying geography, languages. you also caught lobster? yes. and food. wow. put together, you get a region with a ferocious independent streak. women have the power here. cheers. a little bit italian and a little bit something else entirely. man, it s incredible. i m stanley tucci. i m fascinated by my italian heritage so i m travelling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. oh, he s between my legs. sardinia is italy s wild west. [bleep] it! and although they respect tradition, things here are never dull. argh! out here, nothing stands in the way of t
there s a story that goes when god created the world, he took all the left over bits and wanted to make something beautiful with them. so he made sardinia. and there s something to that. sardinia is really an island of bits and pieces in the best possible way. each local community is like an island of its own with widely varying geography, languages. you also caught lobster? yes. and food. wow. put together, you get a region with a ferocious independent streak. women have the power here. cheers. a little bit italian and a little bit something else entirely. man, it s incredible. i m stanley tucci. i m fascinated by my italian heritage so i m travelling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. oh, he s between my legs. sardinia is italy s wild west. [bleep] it! and although they respect tradition, things here are never dull. argh! out here, nothing stands in the way o
it s not sweet. it s as bitter honey. a bitter honey? eh. when the roman s occupied sardinia two millennia ago, cicero said, everything sardinia produces is bad! even the honey is bitter! is it a bad honey? no, no, no. it s very interesting. but for sardinians, let s just say it s like catnip. there is something more here, liquorice, leather. there is, how can i say? there are wet leaves. wet leaves, yes. there are these components too. it smells like smoke. it tastes like smoke! yes! perfect! smoke. caramelized, cooked, overcooked. as we say, it has a bouquet. because of its strong flavor, locals often pair bitter honey with rich meats. so luigi s friend giovanni has been spit-roasting a lamb.
types of honey and one of the most difficult to understand. you know what honey tastes like. yes. is it sweet? very sweet. this honey is different? it s different. it s the opposite. it s different. let s try it! let s try it! okay, stanley. we ll pour it in here. a slow drop unlike modern society. this is miele di corbezzolo. for over two thousand years, it s been made from the white, bell-shaped flowers of the corbezzolo or wild strawberry tree. the blossoms produce limited nectar, so this honey is something of a connoisseur s choice. prego. it s not sweet. it s as bitter honey. a bitter honey? eh. when the roman s occupied sardinia two millennia ago, cicero said, everything