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
there you are. and her cardinal rule for good food is when in rome, eat as the romans do. are you ok? i m good. you ok? good. i m so happy to see you. it was a long time. it was a long time. somehow almost 30 years has slipped by since we first became friends when we worked on a movie here together. i think that you came first time for a. well the very first time was like 95. no i think 93 because it was the undercover blues. i didn t know i was that old. i know, me neither. let s not mention it. [laughter] claudia wants to take me for a classic roman pasta lunch but with an hour to kill we decide to get a coffee and reminisce. well, the san calisto is a real institution. that s where we went a long time ago. yeah, yeah, we were there every evening, you know. back in the 90s we used to hang out in a great cafe in trastavere, a grimy part of town, very much on the wrong side of the river. here we are. yeah, and here we are. and i was pleased