by the covid pandemic. but i ve arrived during a brief moment of normality when lockdown has been lifted restaurants are filling up and masks are optional outside. bologna is an ancient university town the oldest in the western world brought to life by students flaunting their youth. this bread is an aphrodisiac. i m all alone in a hotel. why would i want to do that? this place is rich and its food is famous. some bold souls whisper that it s the best in italy. [massimo] smell, smell, smell! the smell is unbelievable. 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. anger, religion, and death in one pasta. it has everything in it. i m here to discover why this place is home to the gastronomic superstars of the nation s food. [nicola] this is made with love. .and how an obsession with perfection. [woman] every cut is perfect. .drives its producers
world brought to life by students flaunting their youth. this bread is an aphrodisiac. i m all alone in a hotel. why would i want to do that? this place is rich and its food is famous. some bold souls whisper that it s the best in italy. massimo: smell, smell, smell! the smell is unbelievable. 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. anger, religion, and death in one pasta. it has everything in it. i m here to discover why this place is home to the gastronomic superstars of the nation s food. nicola: this is made with love. .and how an obsession with perfection. woman: every cut is perfect. .drives its producers. will you marry me? and people here really know how to wait for the best things in life. massimo: slow, slowly, slowly arrive at the point of excellence. and because they ve waited. man: 25 years old. whoa! it rea
The city is famously known as the fat for its rich food. the wise for the university. and the red for its leftist politics. i ve come to meet mattia santori, one of the leaders of the sardines movement. that s a rebel alliance by the way not something bad that happens after eating too much oily fish. he s an accidental political hero and he loves food. ciao. hi stanley. nice to meet you. ciao. matteo salvini! the sardines mobilized when right-wing politician, matteo salvini, campaigned here in the winter of 2019 during regional elections for the league, an anti-immigration populist party. salvini is kind of a donald trump, a little donald trump in italy and it was last november and salvini was launching the campaign in emilia-romagna from
Really creative. tucci: and here we are. yeah. yeah, it s very exciting. i m having lunch at the cinghiale bianco, one of my favorite restaurants in florence. so nice to see you. really nice to see you. and i m joined again by local food expert, professor leonardo romanelli and my friend the art restorer, daniella murphy. hi stanley. tucci: uh-oh. leonardo: oh, hi. tucci: hi. this place specializes in poor food and their recipes are so heavenly i m sure it s where old bread would choose to come and die. marco maselli is the restaurant s owner this is the ribolita. basically, the main ingredients are bread and the black cabbage. and then, we have the tomato and bread soup, pappa al pomodoro. the base is olive oil and garlic, tuscan bread and tomato. it sounds very simple. not so simple to prepare. tucci: not simple to make. marco: to make good. but, in my opinion, the queen of the tuscan dishes is the
Liberal italy. imagine san francisco and you re in the ballpark. the city is famously known as the fat for its rich food. the wise for the university. and the red for its leftist politics. i ve come to meet mattia santori, one of the leaders of the sardines movement. that s a rebel alliance by the way not something bad that happens after eating too much oily fish. he s an accidental political hero and he loves food. ciao. hi stanley. nice to meet you. ciao. matteo salvini! the sardines mobilized when right-wing politician, matteo salvini, campaigned here in the winter of 2019 during regional elections for the league, an anti-immigration populist party. salvini is kind of a donald trump, a little donald trump in italy and it was last november and salvini was launching the campaign in emilia-romagna from bologna. so we said, let s organize