we are getting on it. that is exciting. you can see the tracks were the other cars will go. i love trains but i like the idea that the train goes on a boat. i think we should get a car on top of the sentence have a horse on top of the car. i am stanley tucci and i am fascinated with my italian heritage and i am traveling across italy to discover how the food is as unique as the people and their past. sicily is a mythical land of contrasts. fire and water. dry and fertile. refined and rough. [speaking non-english] how did one of the poorest regions in europe create the richest of cuisines? get ready. this is delicious. every mouthful here is a eruption of flavor. before i arrive in sicily there is one delicious food ritual i have to experience. it is a tradition to eat these while you are on a boat passing this statue. these beautiful little cones with rice, saffron, peas and meat. the story goes that the arabs brought these two sicily in the 9th century, handr
they just don t like to shout about it. i m stanley tucci, i m italian on both sides, and i m traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of these countries 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. it resurrect a dead person? piedmont a place that s always innovating. you have to be crazy, yes. here, you have to expect the unexpected. and commit things a little differently. to unearth it real treasures. [speaking non-english] italy has a reputation for coffee. but it s taken to another level in turin it s great grateful squares are linger over something portent and warming. if you squint, you can even imagine yourself in paris. and that s no accident. turon s the capital of piedmont. a region in the extreme northwest of italy, directly on the border with france. having such a larger than life neighbor has left its mark, french ideas, customs and food are everywhere. [speaking non-english] but if there s a drink that sums it up, it s this.
there is a good reason why people risk living so close to this volcano. centuries of eruptions have created mineral rich soil which grows some of the finest fruits and vegetables in the world. i am here to visit a restaurant that uses disc local produce to make classic dishes. [speaking non-english] the chef is making a sicilian favorite made with eggplant. named after the opera norma composed by one of italy s favorite sons. it is a very famous dish and the recipe we will make today is from your family. it is a dish we usually eat
miles south of turin. here, conditions are perfect. warm air from the south pushes back cold currents from the alps, and some rainfall feeds the mineral rich soil. white truffles self are enormous amounts of money for because they re so hard to find. even if you know you re doing. i m going to meet a truffle hunter. we re gonna catch a big one. the competition between truffle hunters is intense. and they re obsessed with guarding their secret. but i m meeting someone who s agreed to show me some of what he knows. this is going to be interesting. okay, here we go. [speaking non-english] this man is known as the king of truffle hunters. i. border collie? border collie. well, shall we.
can be found. they rely on truffle hunters to source the truffles. here conditions are perfect. warm air from the south pushes back cold currents from the alps and summer rainfall feeds the mineral rich soil. white truffles sell for extraordinary amount of money because even if you know what you re doing. i m going to meet a truffle hunter and we re going to meet a big one. the competition between truffle hunters is interns and they are obsessed with guarding their secret, and i m sheeting one who had teleme what he dose. okay. ciao. igor bianchi is known as the king of truffle hunters.