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
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 different flavors in there. calabria sits in the toe of the boot of italy, connected to basil
family oriented, to just move away, it s hard to believe. i know. oh, there you go, dad. look, it s your family home, famiglia tucci. does it? yeah. that s it. let s go in. wow, it could be a relative. yeah. as it turns out, being a tucci isn t that remarkable over here. buongiorno. buongiorno. over half of marzi s population shares our last name. is this what you remember? which turns out to be a big problem, as my dad wants to find his father s house. my recollection, it was perfectly flat. yeah. and there was a place with a huge clock at the top. this is the clock that you just said, right? you remember a flat area. yeah, yeah, a flat area. but do you remember where the house is? i think it was down here. what street is this? watch your step. gennaro tucci, yes. is this jogging your memory at all? that s a long time ago. that i remember.