And of course la dolce, vita, the good life. Im stanley tucci, italian on both sides and im traveling across italy to discover how the food in this countrys 20 regions are as unique as their past. The famous ancients of rome once ruled the world. 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. Youre going to see a lot of pasta in this show. I mean like a lot of it, a lot. Ive been visiting rome for decades. Its beauty and history still leave my breathless, but sometimes its difficult to find a good meal if you dont know where to look. Rome is situated in a region sometimes overlooked in favor of its grander gastronomic neighbors like tuscany and ubria. But lazio has fed rome for centuries and every part of the sheep and pigs raised here is put to use in kitchens across the city to make deeply flavorsome food. To start my journey im catching up with My Old Friend claudia. Shes lived her virtually her whole life. And her Cardinal Rule for good food is when in rome eat as the romans do. Are you okay . Im 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 last time the very first time was like 95. No, i think 93 because it was i didnt know i was that old. I know, me neither. Lets not mention it. 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. Its a real institution. But thats 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 a grimy part of town very much on the wrong side of the river. And here we are. And i was pleased to hear its still going strong. You remember . Yes, i do. I do. Whats there . The picture you gave them in 93. It is exactly in the same place. I think nothing changed in this place. No, it hasnt changed. A little espresso would be just enough to whet our appetites before we go to lunch. Or so i thought. I know, i know. Whats that . Whos joining us . These are roman breakfast with a 2,000yearold roman history. In the middle ages they were one of it few things the church allowed you to eat during lent. It doesnt seem very saintly to me. Is it like a brioche . Its fried, a sort of doughnut with egg cream. The italians dont eat breakfast like The Americans or the dutch eat breakfast because they dont eat eggs. Its always something sweet. Nice to see you again. Ciao. As we staggered off our breakfast and headed through i noticed 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. And they become more jentrified. The city may be changing but one thing as constant as the ancient landmarks is how much people in rome love their pasta. Fourstar dishes in particular have become an emblem of the city. And claudia is taking me to find out more at a place she says the is pantheon of pasta. The restaurant is fully booked. But we dont care. Tell me some more about pasta in rome. Pasta in rome is like you eat it every day. I mean, you dont live without pasta. And everybody has its own recipe, and of course its the best ever and yours is nothing compared to mine. Its true. It does become very territorial, doesnt it . Yeah. Romans revere what they call the four pastas. Nice to see you. Thank you for having me. Simple but iconic dishes of staggering deliciousness. There are creamy pasta made with mainly sheep cheese and pepper. Added pork, its luxurious cousin which is elevated with egg yolks and this roman favorite. Theyre a base for a lot of dishes in rome. Thank you so much. Very good. Pasta is delicious. Delicious. The sauce is actually quite light, which is nice. And really delicate. No, no. I kept a place in my stomach for this. Because we didnt eat the across the city Every Single Day romans eat pasta that has ancient bonds to their surrounding countryside. Its hard to imagine but this iconic food was once at risk of being banned in italy. Stanley tucci, searching for italy brought to you by the new lexus is sports sedan. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. Metalhead. Me . Gearhead. Audiophile. Gamer. Im a foodie. Woo im whatever this is. Obsession has many names. This is ours. The new lexus is. All in on the sport sedan. Woohoohoohoohoohoo experience amazing at your lexus dealer. We are the thrivers. Women with metastatic breast cancer. Our time. For more time. Has come. Living longer is possible and proven in postmenopausal women taking Kisqali Plus Fulvestrant. 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And ive been told to come to the Working Class back streets and ask for the dom. Tell me what you do. For a time i make a show where i play vinyl disk but at the same time i cook pasta. Hes a chef, historian and deejay who cooks italian food. Its really great. Dom pasta has promised me the greatest dish ive ever tasted and on the way he tells me why pasta matters so much to him. I realize italian food is popular food. Italian food is reticent of the normal people or Working Class people that eat well because the Working Class people create the roots of the italian food. Yes. Today we may think as a bowl of pasta as the ultimate comfort food but theres a distinctively uncomfortable history of italians fighting oppression through pasta. In the early 1930s mussolini and his fascists imposed import bans on various foreign goods. This led to food shortages, malnutrition and a lack of wheat, which raised the prospect of italian tables with no pasta. In typical style rather than lifting the import bans mussolini tried to convince italians that eating pasta would make them weak, lazy and even sexually impotent and that a High Protein Diet would make them more productive and warlike. The campaign was clearly not a success. When the fascists arrived a big part was mus leany but 30 , 40 is against mussolini. In fact, pasta actually became a powerful symbol of the resistance against his fascist regime. Armed with their guns and sheets of pasta many of the partisans who stood up to mussolini lived in these very streets. And the great Axis Rail Yards from which troops and supplies are forwarded to Southern Italy during world war ii this area bore the brunt of allied bombings that aimed to disrupt the nearby rail hub. Tragically over 1,000 people were killed. This is in essence like a monument. Yeah. You can see the effects of the war. People dead, the family dead. And all this area is bombed. This particular square was home to a hugely popular local before the war. The owners wife and all but one of their children died when the building was hit during the bombing. After the war the local community raised funds for the surviving father and son to reopen the restaurant again. The boys started work here aged just 8. And amazingly hes still here today. Its the story of roman food. Beautiful. Aldo now runs the restaurant alongside his daughter rosanna. People come across the city and apparently further to enjoy the comfort of aldos family food. So tell me about carbonara. Carbonara is a roman dish, but we dont know when it was invented, right . One story id always heard is that carbonara came about when american soldiers in rome during the war started missing their bacon and eggs back home and wanted them added to spaghetti. Aldo, however, has his own theory. It seems some things are destined to remain roman myths. What everyone can agree on is that the carbonara here is incredible. I know, i know. You have basically four ingredients pasta, eggs, the and cheese. Thats it. But when i try it at home its never this good. My mother does that, too. When i taste pasta like this i understand why it remains so important to the city. Rome may be the seat of power and religion but its overwhelmingly a Working Class town. This is simple food thats been elevated over centuries by people making the best of what little they had available. Theyre rightly proud that their humble food has come to define italy to the entire world. Lfate. A remedy to prevent breakage and reduce split ends. 72 hours of tada for 175 years, by gNew York Lifeally. Has been helping people act on their love. So they can look back and say, we did good. For every trip youve been dreaming of, expedia has millions of flexible booking options. Because the best trip is wherever we go together. Who takes care of yourself. 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This is the place where we can show the world what we can do. Comcast is partnering with 1000 Community Centers to create wifienabled lift zones, so students from lowincome families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. Oh were ready. Ive headed 5 miles out of the city center using the newly extended metro line. Romans had a reputation for resisting change, and the arrival of the subway in 2014 has shaken up old, poor neighborhoods of the city. Nowhere more so than cento celle. Gentrification is moving in on this neighborhood and food is on the front line. Gentocelle is a roman name. Its 100 jail in english. 100 jails . Exactly. There may never have actually been 100 jails here, but what this area does have is three new Subway Stations all in close proximity. This changes the game. A lot of people came here to try to invest a bit. Is that where were going . Lets go in and see. Its long had a rough reputation. Thats changing fast, though. And one place seen by some as ground zero for the transformation of the neighborhood is a deli. He opened this place well before the metro arrived. He wanted to rehabilitate the surrounding lazios region reputation for food and bring the best of the countryside back for his neighbors to enjoy at fair prices. Can i taste some . Pep reno cheese is made from sheeps milk and rome is famous for it. Historically they were raised as an alternative to crops. He searches for unlikely places for cheese that also helps his community. What does that mean . Oh, okay. Only in italy would an ancient Cheese Recipe be saved by prisoners. Thats delicious. As well as sheeps milk cheese, pork finds its way into almost every dish ive had in rome. Historically pigs were raised all around the city because they need less space than other animals. To me vinchenzo is doing something amazing. Over the past few years another 50 to 60 food places have opened up nearby. Romans are renowned for their sturben resistance to change. I guess its whats kept the city standing for centuries. But he wants to show me another a cafe in the area, one of many that has opened in recent years. I wasnt fully prepared for what we found. Its hard to imagine but a few months ago this place was a thriving cafe and bookshop called the electric sheep. On the night of april 25, 2019, her cafe was fire bombed. She set about rebuilding her business, but shockingly the night before she was due to reopen the attackers struck again. Three local businesses have now been attacked like this here including a pizza place and this jazz bar. The police still havent found whos responsible. Because she hosted Community Events at the cafe including antifascist talks suspicion has fallen on the farright. But others here blame local criminals protecting their old turf or even antigentrification campaigners. Is this happening in other parts of rome, too . No. When change happens, romans resist. But whoever did this has made it dangerous to sell food. It seems brutal to attack restaurants and cavefes in this city that is united in its love of eating together. so, tonigh. Ill be eating the gyro quesadilla from. Al quick stop. In. Hyde park. doorbell excellent. And, tonight. Ill be eating the Chicken Pot Pie from. Founding farmers. In. Foggy bottom. doorbell giggle oh, theyre excellent. I had so many beignets i thought i was going to hurl. Do ya think they bought it . My husband and i have never eaten healthier. Oh yeah. Shingles doesnt care. I logged 10,000 steps today. Shingles doesnt care. I get as much fresh air as possible. Good for you, but shingles doesnt care. Because 1 in 3 people will get shingles, you need protection. But no matter how healthy you feel your Immune System Declines as you age, increasing your risk for getting shingles. So what can protect you . Shingrix protects. 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If you see wires down, treat them all as if theyre hot and energized. Stay away from any downed wire, call 911, and call pg e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. Tucked in a curve of the River Tibur Is once known as the belly of rome. Home to the old slaughterhouse that supplied 19th and 20th century romans with meat. So tell me about this place. This is the retired slaughterhouse. And for about 100 years until the 1970s its where most large roman animals were slaughtered basically from lambs all the way up through steer. This foursquare mile site will be redeveloped into a cultural area, but for now signs of its former life are everywhere. And where is the oh, yeah, the tracks for the carcasses, yeah. Katey is a reknown food writer who swapped new jersey for rome almost 20 years ago. Skinning happened there. Its an organized place with so many pavilions covering a vast area and really influencing the types of foods that would be eaten just across the street at the late 19th and early 20th century. In butchery the animal is quartered, and those cuts went straight up to the upper and middle class kitchens. Everything leftover, the blood, brains and intestines was called the quinto quarto, the fifth quarter. And those were left to the poor. Some workers were even paid instead of money, so they had little choice but to make the best of it. Santo palato. If you know how to cook awfo you can turn the poorest into the richers of dishes. And katey wants me to meet a young chef with a growing reputation for doing Amazing Things with innards. Shes going to make a fritatta for us, and its topped with chicken innards. So everything we focus on here in the restaurant is awfo. One egg per person, okay. Throughout it day, have it for breakfast, lunch, dinner . Yeah, i like it a sandwich. Thats what i used to take when i was a kid to school. The chef gave up Medical School to pursue her dream of opening a restaurant. The stomach, the heart and the liver. In rome you find ricotta and Chicken Organs separately, but shes combined them. Smell it. Dont forget about this bread. Wow, yeah. Nice and hot, too. Thats great. Thank you. That is great. This is really special. And i think its a really good demonstration of what sarah does really well, which is taking roman classic flavors and combining them in a way thats new but not revolutionary or extra contemporary. They just make sense today. We take a seat in the dining room. Whats that . Is a really unusual texture, too, isnt it . So break down what the awfo are heart, liver, stomach, tongue, brains, snout, intestines. The whole head really if you think about it. If pasta is the first pillar of roman food the astonishing use of awfo is definitely the second. Somehow poor romans turned these unpromising cuts into sheer culinary poetry. I love oxtail. Im so into it. Thats really good. And this is definitely a more carnivorous city than a fish city. Even though were 15 miles from the sea, that was really, really far in pre1970 standards before ice and refrigeration. Yeah. So this is that honeycomb tribe with all those beautiful pockets, lots of nice Stomach Geometry going on. Ive never heard it described as Stomach Geometry. That is really good. Its boiled multiple times and cleaned many times with tomato and mint. Go to another place where its included and its prepared differently. Stewed stomach may not sound appealing, i know, but believe me these are really tasty flavors. The roman poor didnt have much to work with, but against the odds they wound up making some of the very best food in the city. What can i say . Thanks a lot. Thank you so much, kate. I browsed eight sites for divorce attorneys today. 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Nonstripping to keep any colored hair beautiful for weeks. Everpure from loreal paris. Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you. Were here in rome, and its the most wonderful time of the year. No, its not christmas. Its artichoke season. Right now markets across the city are humming with the sound of people hacking away at romes favorite vegetable. So show me the artichokes. As ive been finding out with roman food you sometimes have to dig a little to get to the good stuff. So this is where the once trimmed they can be deep fried to make one of my alltime favorite roman foods, jewish fried artichokes. You know, my grandmother and my mother would make these. Ask anyone here and theyll tell you this weird looking vegetable is a definitive roman food. Thank you so much. But what i love is that under those rough outer leaves it contains an entire history, a story of how societys outcasts can change the habits of an entire city. These picturesque ruins once contained the misery of romes jewish ghetto. From 1500s onwards the citys entire Jewish Community was locked in this walled area. Only allowed to leave to do menial jobs in the daytime before being locked in at night. Shes in her 80s and has lived here her whole life. When the nazis seized rome in october 1943, the ghetto was a sitting target. And its 1,204 residents were sent to the gas chambers. Italia was just a handful who escaped when her grandfather hid her outside the city. For the few who survived food became a vital link back to their past. The jews of rome had lived in poverty for centuries and were forced to rely on the cheapest of ingredients. Using typical roman inventiveness the jews transformed unloved ingredients like anchovies, eggplants and artichokes into dishes that entire city would eventually take to its heart. Alongside pasta and offal the influence of Jewish Cooking is the third pillar of Jewish Cuisine today. In this Kitchen Italia and her team raise the humble artichoke into food for the ages. That was done yesterday, cooked in the oil, and refrigerated. All right, were spreading out the leaves. Theyre precooked. Look at how beautiful that is. Thats the best one ive had. That is delicious. Its so addictive. Its like eating candy. You just cant stop. Its so crispy. People love it, yeah. This dish tells a story. It has survived the darkest of times. And links us to a past that was almost wiped out. To me, its a type of Historical Monument in italian cooking. Now beloved by everyone, and proudly embraced by the entire city. judith at Fisher Investments, we do things differently and other Money Managers dont understand why. Money Manager because our way works great for us judith but not for your clients. Thats why were a fiduciary, obligated to put clients first. Money Manager so, what do you provide . Cookie cutter portfolios . judith nope, we tailor portfolios to our clients needs. 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He was lured here 20 years ago by his obsession with the flavors of italian cuisine. His food has won praise for its creativity. But tonight, hes making the simplest roman classic, one of the famous four pastas. Literally, cheese and pepper. There are just three main ingredients, but it takes great skill to make this roman favorite perfect. Of course, another Italian Kitchen secret. Could take a while. I know you may be thinking this is ludicrously simple food. But believe me, its extraordinary. And dont just take my word for it. Where is karen . Karen . Come here. Okay. Okay. This is karen, who works with us. One of the producers. Shes from rome. You tell us what you think. Okay. Go ahead, no pressure, no pressure. Hes not nervous at all. He doesnt care about our opinion. Its divine. Yes, its so good. Its perfectly creamy. Not too intense, not overloaded with flavor. Yeah. And he really respects, you know, how it would be cooked in a family. Theres always a secret. Theres always a secret, yes. When it comes to food, roman know what they like, and like what they know. Beyond his masterful take on classics, its also full of incredible innovations. From sweet breads to plum gelato. I was curious how the city has taken to his innovations. The downside of rome being so steeped in history is that sometimes great things are resisted because theyre new, and not what people are used to. Missing food this good is a real shame. Im sorry. But heres the thing. The one thing romans cant resist is a good meal. And im hopeful that soon his food will be another culinary landmark in this eternal city. Previously on lincoln Divided We Stand he was supposed to be the rock star, an amazing politician of the day. But after his one term in congress, president taylor passes him over for this cabinet job. Feels like a failure. Whe