we are getting on it. that is exciting. you can see the tracks were the other cars will go. i love trains but i like the idea that the train goes on a boat. i think we should get a car on top of the sentence have a horse on top of the car. i am stanley tucci and i am fascinated with my italian heritage and i am traveling across italy to discover how the food is as unique as the people and their past. sicily is a mythical land of contrasts. fire and water. dry and fertile. refined and rough. [speaking non-english] how did one of the poorest regions in europe create the richest of cuisines? get ready. this is delicious. every mouthful here is a eruption of flavor. before i arrive in sicily there is one delicious food ritual i have to experience. it is a tradition to eat these while you are on a boat passing this statue. these beautiful little cones with rice, saffron, peas and meat. the story goes that the arabs brought these two sicily in the 9th century, handr
9th century, handrolled rice with a meat filling breaded and fried. the taste, i am told is the taste of home for everyone in sicily. just a few miles off the toe of the boot of italy lies the island of sicily. with volcanic soil so fertile, its nickname is god s kitchen. sicily is also said to be home to the gates of . impoverished for centuries, concord by everyone from the arabs to the french and haunted by mafia connections, the locals have learned to make the most of what they have. in this fiercely traditional region rings are changing and i want to discover the effect it is having on the food.
cuisines? that s so good. get ready. this is delicious. i want to take a bath in it. .every mouthful here. mmm, that s wonderful. .is an eruption of flavor. my god that s so good. mmm, my god! before i arrive in sicily, there s one delicious food ritual that i have to experience. it s a tradition to eat these while you re a boat passing this statue of the madonna. these are arancini. look at that. these beautiful little cones are rice with saffron, peas, meat. the story goes that the arabs brought these to sicily in the 9th century. hand-rolled rice, with a meat filling. breaded and fried.