rules. napoli is a truly thrilling city. the second you arrive you're engulfed by a truly magnificent chaos. and there's no fighting it. people here do things their own. take the energy of new york, mix in the gritty elegance of new orleans, add 3,000 years of history and cook it all up in the heat of the world's most famous volcano. that is napoli. 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. >> in the south we are very used to fight. >> the people who live in this region have their own way of doing things. >> for me this is our philosophy. this is how we start our tradition. >> they've given the world its favorite food. just don't forget where it was invented. ♪ >> if pizza was going to be born anywhere it would be here in naples. the city is hot, fast and a feast for the senses. naples is situated in campania. a region of volcanic landscapes, magical islands and the world famous amalfi coast. the southern sun nurtures tomatoes that are the envy of the world. and out in the hills buffalo produced the milk for the finest mozzarella. but pizza wasn't born from the lush hills. it came from the darkest poorest streets of naples. and its story combines two of italy's favorite subjects -- food and death. >> italy's historic volcano bursts into the most fearsome and devastating eruption. at least once in every century. >> the volcano's just sort of ever present threat, isn't it? >> it is. because it is on the landscape. you always watch it. you always have it in your mind and in your eyes. >> professor elizebeta lives in the shadow of the the volcano. >> people live with the possibility of dying because there are volcanos, there are earthquakes, because there are epidemics so it's very hard for them. >> life can be tough in this volatile city. it's no wonder everywhere you go in naples you see handmaid shrines, keeping a light shining for loved ones who have died. this is all over the city you see this? >> yes, they are included in the architecture of the city. these are temples of memory. you remember the people of your family or your friends especially young people who died. >> coming from a southern italian family death was always talked about. i remember my grandmother used to call my mother. my mother would pick up the phone and she'd say -- >> you know who died? >> exactly. >> my grandma did the same. it was also a way for feeling alive. >> she's showing me the historic heart of the city. for hundreds of years the poorest people in naples were packed into these narrow streets. terrible sanitation meant that your life could be snatched from you at any moment by the brutal epidemic of their age, cholera. >> people really got scared because, you know, it was an epidemic like more or less the covid-19 virus, so you could transmit it very easily. >> right, right. cholera was spread by water and by food. so people here cooked pieces of bread in hot oil. so the frying is simpler. >> it's simpler. it's easy. you can get a very good point of hygiene because, you know, frying really sterilizes everything. >> it was probably one of the few times in life that frying something might actually have been healthy for you. so this is where we're going to get fried pizza? all right. okay, so, pizza, ricotta. >> you know since a century her family's doing this. >> for a century. >> for a century. >> these streets were once full of places like this but fernanda is now the last of a historic heritage. it all puffs up, doesn't it? it's beautiful. all right, thank you. ready? this delicious pocket of history was pizza before pizza was pizza. with the -- with the pork and the ricotta -- >> yeah, it's very tasty. >> as we walk off some of those calories, elizebtha tells me how pizza was born. >> mostly they were selling bread with a little bit of fat on it, sometimes pepper because people were really poor. then at a certain point people here invented pizza. but for many years it was just a neapolitan taste and a neapolitan dish. >> because cholera also played a significant role in attitudes. >> it did for centuries. >> thankfully for us by the late 19th century the italian prejudice against naples and its food began to change. and eelizabetha is taking me to the place where according to legend in 1889 the italian queen ordered a pizza that went onto bear her name, the margerita. do you make pizza at home ever? >> in naples it's almost forbidden. the only problem is during lockdown. all the pizzerias were closed. the first day after the lockdown, 60,000 pizzas were made the same day. and they were not sufficient because everybody wanted a pizza. >> because they were so desperate. >> first the pizza and then the vaccine. >> in the streets of naples pizza grew out of one pandemic and sustained the city through another. what was born in a place consumed by death is now a food the entire world finds life affirming. 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buffalo were brought to work in the southern italian land by air arab conquers almost a 1,000 years ago. and early each morning their milk is turned into the finest mozzarella . this masked man is acknowledged one of the greatest cheese makers in northern italy. once this morning's collection of buffalo milk is heated, mimo adds rennic to separate the curds and the whey. the results are incredible. it's like he's a magician. in italian mozare means to cut off, and this ancient process gives the cheese its name. the mozzarella then rests in a salt bath for a few hours. unlike other cheeses which get better with age, mozzarella is best eaten fresh. which is great news for me. oh, my god . so if you're going to make the greatest pizza in naples once you have the best mozzarella, you need the perfect tomato. there's a place whose name is whispered in awe by pizza fans everywhere from brooklyn to bangkok, and enzo is taking me there. as a pizza lover i only ever buy cans of san marzano tomatoes. and now i'm heading to promised land. although i hadn't quite expected it to be a small farm under a freeway. we're meeting enzo's special supplier, uncle enchenzo. treasures had to be found in the most unlikel y locations. i've eaten sun marzano tomatoes all around the world, but the bright, balanced flavor of these is nothing like i've eve r tasted . variety using the san marzano name are grown everywhere from new jersey to new zealand, but only the tomatoes grown right here are fed by the nutrient-rich soil gifted by our old friend looming on the horizon. after our little shopping trip, we're back in the city. and finally, finally the maestro is making a pizza for me. mass-produced pizza brands always add sugar, fat and flavoring. but in napoli it's just water, flour, salt, yeast and a lot of skill. the crushed san marzanos from uncle vinchenzo go on first. next the creamy nuggets of mozzarella to counteract the sharpness of the tomatoes. and a final flourish, to add saltiness and fragrance. and then in a matter of moments food magic happens . it's delicious. perfect, perfect. pizza making is one tradition we all hope will never die out and that the pizza aoli of naples will always keep the flame of pure, simple perfection burning. which makes the smooth tea taste better, and time together even better. and drinking lipton can help support a healthy heart. lipton is a proud sponsor of the american heart association's life is why campaign. when i had acne, i made up a lot of excuses. my cat really needs me right now. y'know, i'm trying to be less popular these days. now? 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the south we're very used to fat. this is i think a very south italian quality. >> that small idea grew into something astonishing. the hut is long gone. it's now a restaurant and catering company based in a large disused building here. samantha got a job as a cook here. her recipes proved so popular they now star on the menu. customers now come to scampia from across the city to taste the delicious fusions of romany and neapolitan food they create here. this place receives no government help, but the success of the social enterprise allows them to also offer child care and education to all the residents of scampia. this neighborhood still has huge problems, but in the face of unimaginable bleakness, the volunteers have opened up a space to mix food with talent. delicious, delicious. and create hope. this is just the most wonderful experiment but reality now, which is you've taken two cultures and brought them together with a frying pan. yeah. ♪ ♪ my life my life, my life, my life ♪ ♪ 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[ speaking italian ] >> up in the lemon groves above minori, i'm meeting the man who introduced the unique amalfi lemons to the dessert and became one of the most famous pastry chefs in italy as a result, sal de riso. >> no, it's incredible. >> these lucky lemons are an ancient hybrid of bitter and sweet citrus fruits, and the locals put them in everything they can. >> cheers. grazie. >> we head down to sal's shop on the shore, where every year thousands of tourists take a break from the natural wonders of the coast to gasp at some manmade culinary marvels. at a time when italian desserts were dominated by northern and french creations, sal put the south of italy firmly on the map by capturing the essence of this place in one particular cake, lemon delight. so we know where the lemons come from, but how do you get the delight? >> jesus, all right. of course, cream. three creams, in fact. and for good measure, you fill the cake with cream. you just take it right in. and when the creams are mixed, you add more cream and more cream and more cream. a splash of lemon liqueur. >> oh, my god. but how does he get that delicate, smooth coating? no. really? i thought you were going to do something incredibly elegant. but, yeah. a little swirl of cream to finish and a pinch of amalfi lemon zest. >> okay. okay. okay. >> okay. >> and i love lemon. i love lemon, but that's like -- ♪ >> well, wife had coffee and now dessert. so what better way to independent my journey to campana than with a glass of local limoncello made with amalfi lemons, of course. friends, probably after gorging on campana's other great contribution to the world, pizza. wherever we are, the food of this place can't help but bring us together. >> cheers. chin-chin. america is at a reckoning. for more than 250 years we have battled racial injustice and political division. in times of crisis, we look to the past for examples of bold leadership. >> lincoln, of course, is the most admired american president. >> if there is anyone who lived, breathed and walked the basic ideas around which america is built, it was abraham lincoln.