really creative. tucci: and here we are. yeah. yeah, it s very exciting. i m having lunch at the cinghiale bianco, one of my favorite restaurants in florence. so nice to see you. really nice to see you. and i m joined again by local food expert, professor leonardo romanelli and my friend the art restorer, daniella murphy. hi stanley. tucci: uh-oh. leonardo: oh, hi. tucci: hi. this place specializes in poor food and their recipes are so heavenly i m sure it s where old bread would choose to come and die. marco maselli is the restaurant s owner this is the ribolita. basically, the main ingredients are bread and the black cabbage. and then, we have the tomato and bread soup, pappa al pomodoro. the base is olive oil and garlic, tuscan bread and tomato. it sounds very simple. not so simple to prepare. tucci: not simple to make. marco: to make good. but, in my opinion, the queen of the tuscan dishes is the
panzanella. i was hoping that was mine. also, a very simple and poor dish. tuscan bread soaked in vinegar and onion and tomato. marco: enjoy. tucci: thank you. daniella: this panzanella is very good. tucci: and this pappa al pomodoro, perfecto. this is one of my favorite things, i make it for my kids, they ll just eat. like it s ice cream, practically. we have good tomato, good olive oil and tuscan bread. maybe not tuscan bread. [laughs] i have to admit, that i much prefer tuscan bread cooked in dishes like this because on its own it can taste quite bland and that s an understatement. it actually tastes like cardboard. that s because it s unsalted. one theory is that florence refused to pay its arch-rival town of pisa for its salt. they were willing to spend money with other people but never give money to pisa. leonardo: yeah, especially pisa.
marco maselli is the restaurant s owner. basically, the main ingredients are bread and the black cabbage. and then, we have the tomato and bread soup, pappa al pomodoro. the base is olive oil and garlic, tuscan bread and tomato. it sounds very simple. not so simple to prepare. tucci: not simple to make. marco: to make good. but, in my opinion, the queen of the tuscan dishes is the panzanella. i was hoping that was mine. also, a very simple and poor dish. tuscan bread soaked in vinegar and onion and tomato. marco: enjoy. tucci: thank you. daniella: this panzanella is very good. tucci: and this pappa al pomodoro, perfecto. this is one of my favorite
not so simple to prepare. tucci: not simple to make. marco: to make good. but, in my opinion, the queen of the tuscan dishes is the panzanella. i was hoping that was mine. also, a very simple and poor dish. tuscan bread soaked in vinegar and onion and tomato. marco: enjoy. tucci: thank you. daniella: this panzanella is very good. tucci: and this pappa al pomodoro, perfecto. this is one of my favorite things, i make it for my kids, they ll just eat. like it s ice cream, practically. we have good tomato, good olive oil and tuscan bread. maybe not tuscan bread. maybe, ok. [laughs] i have to admit, that i much prefer tuscan bread cooked in dishes like this because on its own it can taste quite bland and that s an understatement. it actually tastes like cardboard. that s because it s unsalted. one theory is that florence refused to pay its arch-rival town of pisa for its salt.
the best ones however are saved for the advanced years, when bread is old and stale. that s when tuscan cooks get really creative. tucci: and here we are. yeah. yeah, it s very exciting. i m having lunch at the cinghiale bianco, one of my favorite restaurants in florence. so nice to see you. really nice to see you. and i m joined again by local food expert, professor leonardo romanelli and my friend the art restorer, daniella murphy. hi stanley. tucci: uh-oh. leonardo: oh, hi. tucci: hi. this place specializes in poor food and their recipes are so heavenly i m sure it s where old bread would choose to come and die. marco maselli is the restaurant s owner this is the ribolita. basically, the main ingredients are bread and the black cabbage. and then, we have the tomato and bread soup, pappa al pomodoro. the base is olive oil and garlic, tuscan bread and tomato. it sounds very simple.