city of togas and gladiators, power and intrigue, empire and ruin, and of course la dolce vita - the good life. i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides and 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. the famous ancients of rome once ruled the world. -but i m here to discover how it s the food of ordinary romans that has conquered our hearts. but i m going to warn you, if you re on a low carb diet beware. you re going to see a lot of pasta in this show. i mean, like, a lot of it. like, a lot. i ve been visiting rome for decades. its beauty and history still leave me breathless but sometimes it s difficult to find a good meal if you don t know where to look. rome is situated in lazio, a region sometimes overlooked in favour of its grander gastronomic neighbours like tuscany and umbria. but lazio has fed rome for centuries and every part of the sheep and pigs raised here is put to use i
Even if youve never been to rome, youve been to rome. Its stories have been told and retold on stage and screen. The city of togas and gladiators, power and intrigue, empire and ruin. And of course, la dolce vita, the good life. Im stanley tucci, im italian on both sides and im travelling across italy to discover how the food in each of this countrys twenty regions is as unique as the people and their past. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] the famous ancients of rome once ruled the world. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] but im here to discover how its the food of ordinary romans that has conquered our hearts. But im going to warn you, if youre on a low carb diet, beware. Here youre going to see a lot of pasta in this show. I mean like a lot of it, like a lot. Im sorry. Ive been visiting rome for decades. Its beauty and history still leave me breathless. But sometimes its difficult to find a good meal if you dont know where to look. Rome is situated in lazio, a region sometimes overloo
click, call or visit a store today. in a curve of the river tiber is testaccio, once known as the belly of rome, home to the old slaughterhouses that supplied 19th and 20th century romans with meat. so tell me about this place. this is the ex mattatoio, the retired slaughterhouse. right. .and for about a hundred years, until the 1970s it s where most large roman animals were slaughtered basically from lambs all the way up through steer. this four square mile site will be redeveloped into a cultural area. but for now, signs of its former life are everywhere. katie: you can still see the tracks that the carcasses move on.
romans with meat. so tell me about this place. this is the ex mattatoio, the retired slaughterhouse. right. and for about a hundred years, until the 1970s it s where most large roman animals were slaughtered basically from lambs all the way up through steer. this four square mile site will be redeveloped into a cultural area. but for now, signs of its former life are everywhere. you can still see the tracks that the carcasses move on. oh yeah, for the carcasses, yeah. katie parla is a renowned food writer who swapped new jersey for rome almost 20 years ago. you got the veal pavilion here. oh. vitellara. skinning happened there. right. the pellanda. it s an organised place with
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