Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy

Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci travels across Italy to discover the secrets and delights of the country's regional cuisines.
Piedmont
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Stanley Tucci visits the region that made the dream of unified Italy a reality.

Umbria
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Stanley Tucci visits Umbria, nicknamed "The Green Heart of Italy"; with the highest consumption of pork per capita, Umbria is a carnivore's dream; from wild boar hunts to black truffle farms, Stanley explores all Umbria has to offer.

Rome
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Stanley heads to Rome in search of the famous four pastas, orders rigatoni all'amatriciana, samples carbonara and tries a selection of cheeses and sausages made from the sheep and pigs farmed in the region.

Bologna
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Stanley Tucci explores Bologna, seen by many as the food capital of Italy; the region of Emilia-Romagna is home to globally renowned protected food products.

Milan
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In Milan, Stanley enjoys an aperitivo and makes pizzoccheri; classic Milanese veal chops and risotto.

Tuscany
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Stanley explores his former home of Tuscany; he participates in a wine bar crawl, celebrates the importance of the lowly loaf and samples dishes which use stale bread as the key ingredient.

Sicily
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In Sicily, Stanley tastes the grapes grown in the region's unique soils and reflects on Sicilian hospitality.