Stanley explores the city's fascinating food culture due to its aquatic environment, as well as the countless influences from around the world throughout its vast and storied history.
Stanley Tucci explores how Italian immigration transformed the food scene in his adopted hometown of London; London is a culinary mecca where Italian food from every region gets a chance to shine.
Tucci discovers the history of beautiful and troubled Calabria, Italy, as well as the history of his own family; joined by his parents and Italian relatives, he reflects on the inspiration people draw from Calabria and why those who leave return.
Tucci visits the island of Sardinia, Italy, famous for its harsh, rugged landscape, crystal blue ocean, and passionately preserved traditions; Tucci learns how Sardinian food culture varies wildly throughout the island.
Tucci visits Puglia, a region famous for its fragrant olive oil, beautiful vegetables, cheeses, and durum wheat; he discovers how the Pugliese own their past and embrace the future on their own terms.
Tucci visits the Italian Riviera famous for the glamor of Portofino and fishing villages of the Cinque Terre; he tries Genoese pesto and discovers how Ligurians have learned to adapt to life in the difficult landscape.
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.
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.