so here we are in milan, the fashion and industrial powerhouse of italy. i ve only been to milan a few times and always in passing. i ve never stayed here long enough to really get a sense of it. the first thing that strikes you about milan is its dynamism. no wonder espresso was invented here. i think i might need a few of these just to keep up with the rhythm of the city, but do the hard-working milanese bring as much to the italian table as they do to the country s economy? 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. that s delicious. here in milan, the menu is nothing like you expect. up here in the north, forget about pasta and pizza. oh my god, that s so beautiful. perfecto . this is the land of rice and polenta. -polenta in the ancient time, it was like the bread. -people from south of italy call us polentoni . [tucci] there isn t e
i ve only been to milan a few times, and always in passing. i ve never stayed here long enough to really get a sense of it. the first thing that strikes you about milan is its dynamism. grazie. no wonder espresso was invented here. i think i might need a few of these, just to keep up with the rhythm of the city. but do the hardworking milanese bring as much to the italian table as they do to the country s economy? i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides and i m traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. that s delicious! here in milan, the menu is nothing like you expect. up here in the north, forget about pasta and pizza. oh, my god. that s so beautiful. perfetto. this is the land of rice and polenta. polenta, in the ancient time, it was like the bread. people from south of italy call it polentoni. there isn t even a tomato in sight. this is amazing. and olive oil plays second fid
they know. you are invited to my place. i d like to teach you how to cook the riso con pesce persico. i m very, very excited. i ve heard that, like many people outside milan, william supports the league, a political party born here in lombardy demanding the independence of the north from the south. its leader, matteo salvini, has polarized the country with his extreme anti-immigration views. this is the complicated moment to clean. just going up the spine. i ll have to find the right moment to broach the subject with william while we cook. now you cut the head. so you don t cook the whole fish? you can but we keep our tradition. in como, you know, you move just 10 kilometers and everything changes. this is the nice and difficulty of italy. i think it s something that is
below the alps, this is lombardy s most fabled destination. let s go fishing. (laughs) i am here with william cavadini, a local textile manufacturer with a passion for fishing. como is a very important city for the textile business. yes i know, yeah. for silk. for silk, yeah. yes and my family is three generations of textile business. oh really? yes, yes. and for that job i travel around europe, middle east and after, i came back to como and decided with a few friends to stay together to work to help the lake. the few friends turned into an association of 600 fishermen. that s a nice one. yes, that is a nice one. they made it their job to help the local government enforce fishing limits across the lake. you can only keep fish that are more than 6 inches long and in limited quantities. are people trying to stop fishing on the lake? is that what people want to do?
merely 30 miles north of milan, just below the alps, this is lombardy s most fabled destination. let s go fishing! i m here with william cavadini, a local textile manufacturer with a passion for fishing. comeau is a very important city for the textile business. yes, i know. yeah. for silk, yeah. yes. and my family is three generation of textile business. oh, really! yes. and for that job, i travel around europe, middle east really? and after i came back to comeau and decide with a few friends to stay together to work to help the lake. the few friends turned into an association of 600 fishermen. that s a nice one. yes. that is a nice one. they made it their job to help the local government enforce fishing limits across the lake. you can only keep fish that are more than six inches long and in limited quantities.