there s a story that goes when god created the world, he took all the left over bits and wanted to make something beautiful with them. so he made sardinia. and there s something to that. sardinia is really an island of bits and pieces in the best possible way. each local community is like an island of its own with widely varying geography, languages. you also caught lobster? yes. and food. wow. put together, you get a region with a ferocious independent streak. women have the power here. cheers. a little bit italian and a little bit something else entirely. man, it s incredible. i m stanley tucci. i m fascinated by my italian heritage so 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. oh, he s between my legs. sardinia is italy s wild west. [bleep] it! and although they respect tradition, things here are never dull. argh! out here, nothing stands in the way o
i don t remember it being this green. it s absolutely beautiful. it s a wild and rugged region steeped in mystery and myth, a place that s as troubled as it is beautiful. but calabria means something more to me. it s my ancestral homeland. 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 basil
oh, wow. steep. is this okay, here we are, finally. i had no idea it was that far. so i ve just made my way up thousands of steps to this place, castle brown, which is in portofino, which is in liguria. and liguria is a crescent right on the coast of italy, bordering tuscany and france. they ll carry me out of here on a stretcher, but i don t mind because the food is amazing. 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. the rugged environment has made the ligurians tough and unafraid of a challenge. so you call this? le guide le cocho, because everything here must be done by hand. centuries of wrestling their food out of a small amount of land have given these people a wisdom that s right for our times. the harshness of their region has made them inventive. oh my god. liguria gave us pesto. it s really good. th
Grazie, grazie. i ll take some potatoes. oh, i love that. grazie. salute e cin cin. cin cin. the region my family left behind all those years ago is still as troubled as it is beautiful. oh, my god. but the true magic of this land is how it inspires people here to do things that are equally as beautiful and how everywhere you go, you will be treated like family. a tutto noi.
buon appetito. i ll take some potatoes. oh, i love that. grazie. salute e cin cin. cin cin. the region my family left behind all those years ago is still as troubled as it is beautiful. oh, my god. but the true magic of this land is how it inspires people here to do things that are equally as beautiful and how everywhere you go, you will be treated like family. a tutto noi.