city of togas and gladiators, power and intrigue, empire and ruin, and of course la dolce vita - the good life. i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides and i m travelling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. the famous ancients of rome once ruled the world. -but i m here to discover how it s the food of ordinary romans that has conquered our hearts. but i m going to warn you, if you re on a low carb diet beware. you re going to see a lot of pasta in this show. i mean, like, a lot of it. like, a lot. i ve been visiting rome for decades. its beauty and history still leave me breathless but sometimes it s difficult to find a good meal if you don t know where to look. rome is situated in lazio, a region sometimes overlooked in favour of its grander gastronomic neighbours like tuscany and umbria. but lazio has fed rome for centuries and every part of the sheep and pigs raised here is put to use i
nice to meet you. nice to meet you too. kotaro noda was lured here 20 years ago by his obsession with the flavors of italian cuisine. noda s food has won praise for its creativity, but tonight he s making the simplest roman classic. it s one of the famous four pastas - cacio e pepe - literally, cheese and pepper. there are just three main ingredients, but it takes great skill to make this roman favorite perfect .
And no he s not from naples or even milan. he s from japan. stanley. kotaro. nice to meet you. pleasure. nice to meet you too. kotaro noda was lured here 20 years ago by his obsession with the flavours of italian cuisine. noda s food has won praise for its creativity but tonight he s making the simplest roman classic. it s one of the famous four pastas - cacio e pepe - literally cheese and pepper. there are just three main ingredients but it takes great skill to make this roman favourite perfect.