Through the Olive Branches . Theyre hard to avoid in puglia, a region thats home to 60 million olive trees. Thats one olive tree for every italian in italy. This region is italy at its most elemental simple fresh cuisine thats grown and produced here. Fragrant olive oil, beautiful vegetables, cheeses renowned the world over. Hello. Hello. One focaccia. And durum wheat for pasta and bread. Grazie. Look at that. Im stanley tucci. Im fascinated by my italian heritage, so im traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this countrys 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. You really want it to be like that . Need to be like this. Despite being such a fertile region, puglia is also one of italys poorest. It was nicknamed the shame of italy. Located in the south, a place the italians call il mezzogiorno, or high noon, because of the intensity of the midday sun, poverty and hardship are very much a recent memory in this part of the world. Get out of here. But today
hello, i m in puglia, which is the heel of can you see me through the olive branches? they re hard to avoid in puglia, a region that s home to 60 million olive trees. that s one olive tree for every italian in italy. this region is italy at its most elemental simple fresh cuisine that s grown and produced here. fragrant olive oil, beautiful vegetables, cheeses renowned the world over. hello. hello. one focaccia. and durum wheat for pasta and bread. look at that. i m stanley tucci. i m fascinated by my italian heritage, so 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. you really want it to be like that? need to be like this. despite being such a fertile region, puglia is also one of italy s poorest. it was nicknamed the shame of italy. located in the south, a place the italians call il mezzogiorno, or high noon, because of the intensity of the midday sun, poverty a
through the olive branches? they re hard to avoid in puglia, a region that s home to 60 million olive trees. that s one olive tree for every italian in italy. this region is italy at its most elemental simple fresh cuisine that s grown and produced here. fragrant olive oil, beautiful vegetables, cheeses renowned the world over. hello. hello. one focaccia. and durum wheat for pasta and bread. grazie. look at that. i m stanley tucci. i m fascinated by my italian heritage, so 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. you really want it to be like that? need to be like this. despite being such a fertile region, puglia is also one of italy s poorest. it was nicknamed the shame of italy. located in the south, a place the italians call il mezzogiorno, or high noon, because of the intensity of the midday sun, poverty and hardship are very much a recent memory in this part o
to make for his school lunches. so when i used to get in a class, i was bullied with the sounds of cow, like moo. they bullied you? yeah. so has that changed now the way people view cheesemakers? you re like a hero now. luckily, things have changed. yeah, yeah, yeah. we put the burrata on top of the focaccia like this. that s it. thank you. that s delicious. that s so good. listening to vito s stories, it makes perfect sense that for him, both profession and family are inextricably linked. we call her baby burrata when she born. and who knows, thanks to vito s drive to revitalize the family business, their daughter chiara might just represent the
so when i used to get in a class, i was bullied with the sounds of cow, like moo. they bullied you? yeah. so has that changed now the way people view cheesemakers? you re like a hero now. luckily, things have changed. yeah, yeah, yeah. we put the burrata on top of the focaccia like this. that s it. thank you. that s delicious. that s so good. listening to vito s stories, it makes perfect sense that for him, both profession and family are inextricably linked. we call her baby burrata when she born. and who knows, thanks to vito s drive to revitalize the family business, their daughter chiara might just represent the fifth generation of casari.