Airdate: Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Free to Air premiere of travel series with actor Stanley Tucci visiting Naples and The Amalfi Coast.
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Six part travel series Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy follows actor Stanley Tucci as he travels across Italy to discover the secrets and delights of the country’s regional cuisines.
Two seasons previously screened on CNN.
Viewers will go along with him as he enjoys the luxurious creamy carbonara of Rome, the delicious simplicity of Sicily’s pasta alla Norma, the saffron-infused silkiness of risotto in Milan, the crispy tenderness of bistecca alla fiorentina, the perfect classic ragu alla bolognese and the world’s best pizza in Naples.
Tucci comes prepared with a bottomless appetite for it all, showing us how the diversity of Italian cooking offers a gateway through which you can glimpse Italy’s history and culture.
Episode One: Naples And The Amalfi Coast
Naples is the third largest and most populous city in Italy. But its history has been tainted with underdog status from close association with Vesuvius, the Camorra – a notorious branch of the local mafia, and poverty. In the historic Spanish Quarter, Stanley meets Professor Elisabetta Moro who takes him to the last authentic fried pizza maker, Fernanda’s. Later, Stanley meets Enzo Coccia, the proud King of Neapolitan Pizza to learn the secret art of arguably the world’s best pizza.
Thursday, 13 July at 8.30pm on SBS.
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This is a must watch series, beautifully filmed and Tucci is a great talent to present this series as his heartfelt Italian heritage shines through. Was disappointed when CNN cancelled the series.