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
quarters got very trendy and everybody wanted to live here. yeah and they become more gentrified and. yeah, yeah. yeah. the city may be changing but one thing that s as constant as the ancient landmarks is how much people in rome love their pasta. four star dishes in particular have become an emblem of the city and claudia is taking me to find out more at a place she says is the pantheon of pasta. tucci: the restaurant is fully booked. but we don t care. (laughs) yeah, we don t care. well tell me some more about [speaking non-english] well tell me some more about pasta in rome. pasta in rome is like, you eat it every day. i mean you don t live without pasta. every day? and everybody has its own
[ speaking non-english ] nice to see you again. as we staggered off our breakfast and headed through trastevere i noticed that the area was much busier and hipper than years ago. this was the poor quarters, you see the buildings as nice as they are are very small. right. and then of course, as it happens you know, the old quarters got very trendy and everybody wanted to live here. yeah and they become more gentrified and yeah, yeah. yeah. the city may be changing but one thing that s as constant as the ancient landmarks is how much people in rome love their pasta. four star dishes in particular have become an emblem of the city, and claudia is taking me to find out more at a place she
ciao. as we staggered off our breakfast, i noticed her that the area was much busier and hipper than years ago. this was the four quarters and you see the buildings, as much as they are, very small. then, of course, as it happens, they are very trendy and everybody wanted to live here. yes, more gentrified? the city may be changes but one thing that is as constant as the landmarks is how much people in rome love their pasta. four star dishes in particular have become an emblem of the city and claudia is taking me to find out more at a place she says is the pantheon of pasta. the restaurant is fully booked? but we do not care.
and then of course, as it happens you know, the old quarters got very trendy and everybody wanted to live here. yeah and they become more gentrified and. yeah, yeah. yeah. the city may be changing but one thing that s as constant as the ancient landmarks is how much people in rome love their pasta. four star dishes in particular have become an emblem of the city and claudia is taking me to find out more at a place she says is the pantheon of pasta. tucci: the restaurant is fully booked. but we don t care. [laughs] well tell me some more about pasta in rome. pasta in rome is like, you eat it every day. i mean you don t live without pasta.