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
dis aprodesiac. this food is famous. some bold souls whisper that it s the best in italy. smell, smell, smell, the smelling is unbelievable. i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides and i m traveling italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and the past. anger, religion and death. yes. it has everything in it. i m here to discover why this place is home to the gastrono, ma am i gastronomic, and how it drives its producers. will you marry me? and people here really know how to wait for the best things in life. slow, slowly arrive at the point of excellence. and because they have waited 25 years. whoa, really is good. oh, good. this is one of the most delicious things on earth. for a greedy man, this place is the gigantic deli of my dreams. don t fret. i have the metabolism of a teenager. bologna is the capital of a wealthy region that straddles italy and it s cocooned between the adriatic s
I m just arriving in a few hours in rimini. i want the capeliti in broth. and my mom would say, that was great. even when he game a world-class director, fellini still craved the simple local dishes of his hometown. he said life is a combination of magic and pasta. federico would adore this kind of place, this kind of restaurant. so francesca is taking me to a local place where they still make specialties he loved like cappeletti, pasta parcels traditionally eaten in broth on christmas day. can i introduce you to alessandra, the queen of the pasta in romagna. alessandra, it s nice to meet you. are you hungry? yes. cappeletti. like a priest s hat? yes. rural romagna was under the control of the papacy for
i ve traveled further into romania to the coastal town of rimini. this place is where ordinary italians come to play, flirt, and tan by the sea. this is really beautiful. often looked down on by the rich cities of emilia, this is an unpretentious working class playground built on the rubble left by second world war bombs. obviously, i am here to eat. director federico fellini is rimini s most famous son, and it s his films that have given the world the iconic romantic image of italy that persists today and casts italians as a fiery, passionate people driven by their hearts and stomachs. fellini s childhood here in rimini was the inspiration for