and i want to get to know the region that my family left behind all those years ago. is this jogging your memory at all? that s a long time ago. 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. caught between a rock and the sea, the calabrese are notoriously tough. but this is a place where southern hospitality is a way of life. oh, my gosh, look at the size of it. you should open a restaurant. and in this poor region. all right. every meal is a celebration. oh, wow. there s like a million different flavors in there . calabria sits in the toe of the boot of italy, connected to basilicata in the north and separated from sicily in the south only by the narrow strait of messina. it s a region of rugged landscapes, dramatic mountain ranges, and some 500 miles of incredible coastline. it doesn t have that infrastructure. it s st
and we ll be sticking to the local rules. napoli is a truly thrilling city. the second you arrive, you re engulfed by a magnificent chaos. and there s no point in fighting it. people here do things their own way. take new york, mix in new orleans, add 3,000 years of history, and cook it all up in the heat of the world s most famous vokt. that is napoli. 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 path. in the south, we are very used to fight. this place may be looked down as the poverty stricken underdog of italy but the people who live in this region have their own way of doing things. for me, this is a philosophy. this is our style, our tradition. they ve given the world it favorite food. pizza america. just don t forget where it was invented . if pieced was going to be born anywhere, it would be here in naples. the city is hot