oh, my god. it just melts in your mouth. 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 twenty regions, is as unique as the people and their past. the creations of famous tuscans are known the world over. michaelangelo, i think if he were to come back today, he d be able to walk around florence. it hasn t changed. but it s the hands of the ordinary people. we fold it like this. that have crafted the incredible food here. it s like a christmas in your mouth. yeah. this is a place built on human ingenuity, mind-boggling riches and an insane amoutn of bread. i really don t know how. it s delicious but so hot. all great love affairs start somewhere. and for me, my love of italy started right here in florence when i was just 20 years old. you have to taste that. like this tartlet filled with rice pudding. i mean come on, there s always something wonderful to discover
only way to truly understand to and poor food is to get out of the city and go deep into the endlessly beautiful countryside. isn t that kind of amazing when you look around? is that, i mean you really don t see a contemporary building for miles. look at. that i m following the river arnaud, 50 miles south of florence to a small village called plenty brianne oh, where i ve been invited to a week thrashing festival. do i know what s fresh-ing of the wheat is? are you kidding? i grew up threshing wheat. now, if memory serves, threshing is where the grains of wheat are shaken loose so they can be ground down to make flower. oh that s a steam, that s a steam engine. yeah yeah yeah. vescovo, a local teacher organizes this event.