heritage. so, i'm travelling across italy to discover how the food, in each of this countries twenty regions, is as unique as the people and their past. the creations of famous tuscans are known the world over. michelangelo, i think if he were to come back today, he'd be able to walk around florence. it hasn't changed. but it's the hands of the ordinary people... >> chef: we fold it like this. ...that have crafted the incredible food here. it's like a christmas in your mouth, yeah. this is a place built on human ingenuity, mind-boggling riches and an insane amount of bread. i really don't know how they eat this much bread. it's delicious but so hot. all great love affairs start somewhere. and for me... my love of italy started right here, in florence, when i was just 12 years old. that's delicious. you have to taste that. like this tartlet filled with rice pudding, i mean, come on. there's always something wonderful to discover in florence. the city is the capital of tuscany. 500 years ago, it was the playground of some of the richest families on earth. in the countryside, they used their land to cultivate the finest produce and cattle and in the city they bankrolled the incredible explosion of art, science and architecture known as the renaissance. i love that just about everywhere you turn there's something incredible to see. the chance to actually live among these treasures, even just for a year, lured a young family from suburban new york to florence nearly 50 years ago. it seems that no matter where you are, you can always see that duomo. my family. meet joan and stan tucci. >> stan: i have a photograph of this, do you remember? back in 1972 we moved here because my dad was a high school art teacher taking a year off to follow his dream. >> stan: oh my lord. >> tucci: that's unbelievable. >> stan: all that foreshortening. >> tucci: i know. >> stan: how incredible is that? >> that's incredible. my dad came to study figure drawing and sculpture here. >> tucci: look at it, when you really look and you see that perspective, >> i can't see that far. >> it's staggering. >> it hurts my neck. >> does it? >> yeah. >> lay down. at nearly 400 feet, the duomo is still the tallest structure in florence. it took 16 years to build, and to hurry things along the genius architect brunelleschi came up with a way to slash lunch breaks. the workmen, when they were building this, guys had to come down and make their lunch, they would lose all this time. so he found out what they were cooking and he put ovens up there and he would just cook up there, make their lunch up there. >> that doesn't sound... really? >> supposedly. money was tight on our year abroad, so our family lived in slightly less grandeur than this. >> it's very clean. just north of the city center, in this building. not the whole thing, you understand. >> tucci: so our apartment was those four windows? one, two, three, four? that was us on the end there, right? >> yeah. >> joan: it was nice. >> tucci: you'd never travelled. >> joan: no. my parents you know, mom and pop said, "why are you going?" you know. >> your parents, who came from italy? >> who came from italy it was florence, not colobraro. >> didn't want you to go to italy. >> but it worked out. it was fun. >> i think everybody ended up getting a great deal out of it. i came for sculpture, certainly joan with all the food, cooking... >> it changed everything. >> it changed everything. >> it changed everything for me, certainly. while my father was studying art, my mom was studying something just as beautiful, the local cuisine. one of these because it's so big? >> no, a little more. little more. it didn't know how to cook when we got married. didn't even know how to boil water. while she was here, my mother was also inspired by the spirit of the renaissance and set out to discover the art of italian cooking. when we lived in florence when everyone was in school, i would learn to make different recipes. i loved it. my mother soon found the key that unlocks so much of italian cooking. a simple combination of carrots, celery, and onions. fried up together, it's called 'the soffritto'. >> joan: looking good, what do you think, stan? >> tucci: yeah, it's good. >> joan: throw the tomato in? it's the base of countless italian dishes, including today's offering. a tucci family favorite called 'salsa maria rosa'. >> tucci: now, put some water in it. >> joan: put some water in it, yeah. it's a delicious vegetable sauce and we named it after a beloved neighbor here in florence, who showed mom how to make it all those years ago. in the fine tradition of tuscan home cooking, it's cheap, nutritious and full of tomato. i make it quite often. >> joan: do you? yeah. >> tucci: of course, yeah. the kids love it. but here's the thing, every time my mother comes to visit, which is too often. >> alright. >> alright, anyway. i always go, "can you show me how to make this?", but mine still doesn't turn out the way hers turns out. i don't get it. >> i think that's it, stan. >> i think we did it. >> joan: we did it. >> tucci: we did it. >> joan: nice. >> tucci: there we go. >> joan: it's nice to have help. i love it, it's fun. that's my hobby. but i don't have anyone to cook for anymore. i miss my grandchildren. oh don't, don't. but you could move to england. if this series does well... if this series does well. >> which series? 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[ speaking foreign language ] back in the 1500s most people wouldn't even get close to cuts of meat this good. tuscany's famous chianina cattle needed lots of land, that was hugely expensive to run. of course, the medici didn't need to worry about that. >> but why ? [ speaking foreign language ] 500 years later, thankfully you don't need to be a grand-duke to enjoy steaks this big, and fabio wants to cook for me tuscany's signature dish, the magnificent bistecca alla fiorentina. >> good. and in case lunch isn't looking worthy enough of, like, ten men, fabio picks out a little appetizer, yet another cut of meat. we head back to the deli fabio owns. thank you. oh, look at that, look at the flowers. he hurries us past any food that hasn't had a pulse. and we head up to his hideaway on the roof, where he does his cooking. oh my god. come on. we're starting with the chianina beef, the medici family favorite. the cattle has grazed the tuscan fields for 2000 years. they're of such high quality, that we're eating it raw. [ speaking foreign language ] oh my god. that's the best sushi i've ever had. and now, the main event. [ speaking foreign language ] so what he's doing now he says, this is, the secret-- >> fabio: the family secret. >> besides excessive amounts of salt. so the little sort of wisps of olive branch like this in the fire. so you're getting, you're getting the flavor of those olive branches. it gives it a very distinctive taste. during the renaissance the medici lit fires around the city on feast days and handed out roast beef to the common people. most of the time though, they kept this amazing meat for themselves. this one actually comes from the same area where the medici family originated. jesus. this is like no steak i've ever eaten. it's both crisp and delicate and the smoke carries the taste of the land. god damn it! it just melts in your mouth. it's what makes the regional cooking of italy about so much more than a tasty meal. [ speaking foreign language ] but the palate is the organ that connects italy . 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[ speaking foreign language ] >> the little doors of paradise. >> paradise, yeah. >> hi, hi, there you are again. hi, how are you? >> thank you so much. to end of the evening we head off for tuscany's favorite nightcap. the local dessert wine vin santo, the holy wine. >> it's called vin santo because when you drink it, a halo... >> a halo comes? >> a halo is on your head. anyway. tuscan tradition dictates you dip almond biscotti, known in italy as cantucci, in your vin santo. >> oh, angle, is that what it means? >> yeah. the result is a sweet, crunchy and heady delight. maybe too heady. anything that ends in tucci, i like. >> that's the end of that episode. >> that's so funny. cantucci, right. pain hits fast. so get relief fast. only tylenol rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast for fast pain relief. and now get relief without a pill with tylenol dissolve packs. relief without the water. 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[ speaking foreign language ] tonight there's a huge feast for the villagers. they're coming together to give thanks for the good times in this region that was once ravaged by famines and where farmers were treated as indentured servants by their oppressive aristocratic landowners, until relatively recently. [ speaking foreign language ] this is a world away from the huge steaks and fine wines of florence. the people here cook what they grow and after the toil of harvesting and milling the wheat, what they're left with is bread. [ speaking foreign language ] lots and lots of bread. so here the dough is rising and you cook it in that oven. like it was done many years ago. over in the kitchens, some of the 200 villagers are hard at work preparing the feast, and here too, bread plays a starring role, in pretty much everything. >> tucci: what are they making? [ speaking foreign language ] oh, the gander. oh, my god. >> renato: good? >> it's delicious but it's so hot. i go out back and discover wood-fired ovens full of roasting ganders. these male geese were one of the few farm animals that peasants were allowed to keep for themselves and not have to share with their landlords. they were saved for special occasions like weddings and festivals. the smell is incredible. come on. you know? really, it's like a christmas in your mouth. yeah, wow. [ speaking foreign language ] j well, you're great cooks. over the centuries, the food of the working people here in the tuscan countryside developed into its own cuisine. it's not as showy as the food in florence but it's one that is just as glorious as the landscape from which it comes. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ deposit, plan and pay with easy tools from chase. simplicity feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. you get more with aarp medicare advantage plans from unitedhealthcare. like $0 copays on tier 1 and tier 2 prescription drugs. ♪ wow! ♪ ♪ uh-huh. ♪ so go ahead. take advantage now. ♪ wow! ♪ it's an important time to save. with priceline, you can get up to 60% off amazing hotels. and when you get a big deal... you feel like a big deal. ♪ priceline. every trip is a big deal. clerk: hello, how can i? sore throat pain? ♪honey lemon♪ try vicks vapocool drops. in honey lemon chill. for fast-acting sore throat relief. wooo vaporize sore throat pain with vicks vapocool drops. ♪ i like it, i love it, i want some more of it♪ ♪i try so hard, i can't rise above it♪ ♪don't know what it is 'bout that little gal's lovin'♪ ♪but i like it, i love it♪ applebee's. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. 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[laughs] i have to admit, that i much prefer tuscan bread cooked in dishes like this because on its own it can taste quite bland and that's an understatement. it actually tastes like cardboard. that's because it's unsalted. one theory is that florence refused to pay its arch-rival town of pisa for its salt. they were willing to spend money with other people but never give money to pisa. >> leonardo: yeah, especially pisa. >> even today. but of course, this being italy, food rivalries go deep but no-one can quite remember why. another idea is this, if they don't use salt the bread could stay for a long time. >> really, without salt? i didn't know that. >> because, because the salt, the salt... >> the salt breaks it down. >> the salt became brine. for sure the most convincing one is we don't want to give money to the pisani. that's the most convincing. >> i believe that, actually, most of all. for me panzanella is one of the greatest dishes of tuscan poor food. giving brittle old bread new life by using fresh tomatoes to create a surprisingly refreshing salad. knowing my love of food and art, daniela has invited me to a festival this evening. a very fancy festival. the one thing that everybody has in common is the food. >> yeah. this event is about as far as you can get from the wheat threshing festival. here florence's richest and most powerful families have gathered, as they have for centuries, to toast the city's new creative talent from chefs and musicians, to artists hoping to follow in the footsteps of da vinci and michelangelo. you are right now in a situation where, more or less 500 years ago, the medici would have done something like this. so we're going to go and have some food now. she knows me too well. really? it's a very sophisticated form of panzenella. this looks very different to the rustic bread salad we had for lunch. >> daniella: but it tastes of panzanella. it completely tastes of panzanella. panzanella was what the farmers would eat. and now it's turned into this very sophisticated-- >> tucci: foam. >> foam. you see, the past being rediscovered. >> tucci: it's a little renaissance in a bowl. >> daniella: there's a little renaissance in it and a lot of the future . after tasting this new version of panzanella, we made some enquiries and found the chef who created it. nerina martinelli and her team are just about to open nugolo, a brand-new restaurant that reimagines tuscany's rural food in the heart of the city. >> nerina: the idea around the menu and the dishes that we do is to take traditional dishes, traditional recipes and then add something new. all the team of the restaurant, we are all under 30 years old so we are all really young. these young chefs are seeing old tuscan dishes with new eyes. >> nerina: so, the panzanella foam is an example of a traditional tuscan dish. [ speaking foreign language ] >> so farmers. >> basically made with the simplest... >> exactly. >> ...poorest ingredients. onion, tomato, bread, vinegar. >> cucumber, that's it. and normally we do it with old bread. >> tucci: with old bread. right. >> with old bread. >> but you're taking it to another level by foaming it. >> the air inside it becomes very light but still keeping the flavor of the panzanella. >> and we finish with the basil oil. couple of drops. >> i love that you did this. >> extra virgin olive oil. >> it's so smart. it's, it's delicious. >> antonio: especially for summer time, it's really fresh. >> yeah, it's like, it really is the perfect appetizer, isn't it. >> exactly. >> exactly. wow, you've taken tomatoes to a whole other place. and the simplest dishes to a whole other level. this simple bread salad has woven its way through tuscan society. from peasants ensuring food doesn't go to waste to florentine aristocrats. it's great to see these definitive tuscan flavors now inspiring a new generation, making exciting food that looks to the future while respecting the land and its history. we are the leader in 5g and a partner who delivers exceptional customer support and 5g included in every plan. so, you get it all, without trade-offs. unconventional thinking, it's better for business. i order my groceries online now. shingles doesn't care. i keep my social distance. shingles doesn't care. i stay within my family bubble. shingles doesn't care. because if you've had chicken pox, you're already carrying the virus that causes shingles. in fact, about 1 in 3 people will develop shingles, and the risk only increases as you age. so what can protect you against shingles? shingrix protects. now you can protect yourself from shingles with a vaccine proven to be over 90% effective. shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients or to a previous dose. an increased risk of guillain-barré syndrome was observed after vaccination with shingrix. the most common side effects are pain, redness, and swelling at the injection site, muscle pain, tiredness, headache, shivering, fever, and upset stomach. talk to your pharmacist or doctor about protecting yourself with shingrix. shingles doesn't care. but we do. what does it feel like to sell your car to carvana? it feels amazing. when you get a great offer in seconds... 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[ speaking foreign language ] during the renaissance, migrants were actively encouraged to settle in livorno and its reputation as a free-thinking big-hearted city by the sea... >> tucci: oh yeah, nice. ...drew people from across europe and beyond. in the town center, is a tiny place called torteria da gagarin. it opened in 1959 and sells just one thing. known as 'the cake', it's a pancake made from chickpea flour. [ speaking foreign language ] the torteria is a local institution, serving up 'the cake' in, what else, a huge hunk of bread. [ speaking foreign language ] >> tucci: this is good, i like this. it's absolutely delicious. and he says that he makes it because he loves it. he makes it at home but he can't make it as good as this. >> fabio: yeah. after that little appetizer, we head up to the house of one of fabio's friends in the hills above the town. he's gathered together the ingredients for a livornese classic. he's making a fish stew. [ speaking foreign language ] >> this is a fake cacciucco. >> it's a fake. i need to keep my voice down so the neighbors don't hear but if you're not from livorno, you're not supposed to be making this stew. [ speaking foreign language ] >> tucci: there's always this, sort of, battle between whether you're from here or from there, or from there. whatever you're making. right? you can make the same thing but you can't call it the thing. >> but, but... >> it is maybe a little bit different. cacciucco is a rich fish stew that dates back over 500 years. it was the way livorno's fishermen would use up whatever they hadn't sold that day. this is an imperial cacciucco. he's using this really beautiful fish, he's also using lobster which is not a 'poor' fish, obviously. so, he's taking this and amping it up a bit. [ speaking foreign language ] >> like so many italian dishes, the base of fabio's stew is the trusty tomato. it's hard to imagine italian cuisine without tomatoes but scholars only date their arrival to that fortuitous medici marriage to spanish nobility in the 1540s. here in livorno though... sweet. ...legend says that the tomato was brought by newcomers fleeing oppression . tomatoes were a popular ingredient among the jews of southern europe. unless you want. as the incredible smell drifts outside fabio's friends take their seats. the density of that flavor is just-- [ speaking foreign language ] >> tucci: wow. [applause] fabio may not be from livorno but he can definitely cook a cacciucco. oh, my god. these are ingredients rooted in both the poor fishing community and in livorno's immigrant past. it's a part of tuscany's history on a plate. and fabio's not finished. in true tuscan tradition, creativity is everything and nothing goes to waste, so he whips up a whole second course with the leftover sauce. you have all the flavors of the sea, otherwise what would you do with that. beautiful. a sauce that he had left, it only makes sense. it's the best, best thing in the world. [ speaking foreign language ] >> cheers. i feel lucky that my parents followed their hearts and moved us across the world for a year when we were just kids. i saw how the food of both rich and poor came together in this corner of italy that's like nowhere on earth... wow ...and nearly 50 years later, i still keep coming back for more. so we're coming down through calabria, on a train obviously. we're going to sicily, the biggest island in the mediterranean. because there is no bridge, they take the train and put it onto a ferry.

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