Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy on SBS – Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy is a six-part series that follows Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci as he travels across Italy to discover the secrets and delights of the country’s regional cuisines.
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.
Series One, Episode Two: Rome
Situated in Lazio, the ancient city of Rome is often overlooked in the gastronomic department. Stanley Tucci meets up with an old friend Claudia della Frattina and head to a little restaurant called Armando al Pantheon. Stanley and Claudia order rigatoni all’amatriciana, one of the famous four Roman pastas. Made from tomatoes, pecorino, and guanciale – the fatty cheek of a pig.
Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy – New Episode – Thursday, 20 July at 8.30pm on SBS and SBS on Demand (6 Parts)
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