Im all alone in a hotel. Why would i want to do that . Some bold souls whisper that its the best in italy. Smell, smell, smell you can smell im stanley tucci. Im italian on both sides and im traveling across italy to see how the food in each of the 20 regions is unique as their people and their past. Im here to discover why this place is home to the gastronomic superstars of the nations food. This is made with love. And how an obsession with perfection. Every one is perfect. Drives its producers. Will you marry me . And people here really know how to wait for the best things in life. Slow, slowly, slowly arrive at the point of excellence. Right. And because theyve waited. 25 years old. Whoa. Really is good. I have to. This is one of the most delicious things on ertz. For a greedy map this place is the jai gaptic delhi of my dreams but dont be upset its a lush land of fertile live valleys stuffed with livestock and billowing soft wheat. No wonder its brs produced one of the worlds best chefs. Buckle up. I know you can only see a blur with glasses, but thats me in the car tearing around the roads in the tender care of massimo. A man who likes fast cars, slow food. Can you drive it faster . Love this place. Hes taking me behind scenes in a darely 30 miles outside brogna. Im playing it cool. Whoa whoa [ speaking Foreign Language ] really. Jesus christ. This is where massimos been coming to get his Beloved Parmesano for the past 20 years. This is unique. The only Parmesan Company Fire Stamped is from the white cows. Right. This is a very, very small production and extremely high quality. Milk is kingsessing here. The white cows are the breed unique to the valley of the river po that runs through this region. The mid ooel monks, hungry for a long lasting cheese like a magic act. Invented parmesan. Bless them. Three, two, bun, open. Smell, smell, smell this is the smelling is unbelievable. The mel is unbelievable. Oh, my god. Oh, oh [ speaking Foreign Language ] thats too much. Wow. [ bleep ]. I mean, yes. Genos up at 5 00 a. M. Running salt baths that last for 19 days. You have to love the ingredients. Right. Love parmesan. Both geno and massimo see the cheeses not as mere products but as precious babies. Ones, happily, that you can eat. What im going to do with you . You are just born. This is the cheese of this morning. Its called torzoni. Its so good. Its unbelievable. Just like mozzarella. [ speaking Foreign Language ] as demand for milk grew the white cows were nearly fore saken for the utters of foreign fresian cows. Were they almost extinct . Yes. Really . How long do you age this . 36 months. One of his iconic dishes is five ages of parmesan which suggests is a love letter to this cheese. In my mind there was this idea of expressing with one ingredient the slowly Ageing Process in here. The greetings were to parmesano and time. Time. Time, yeah. Wait, wait. Go slow like a tree. Roots. It just gets more and more intense. More and more pleasure. The people here have perred the Ageing Process to create iconic products from simple quality ingredients, and nothing is wasted. Gino will use the lick weight to produce fresh ricotta. When the milk is coming up, its ready. If youre feeling hungry already you may want to close your eyes at this point. [ speaking Foreign Language ] i snow, i snow. Oh, my god. Its so fresh that you can taste the grass and herbs the coys have eaten. Its so good. Warm, just baked. It makes you feel like youre a child. Mama mia. [ speaking Foreign Language ] ive never hadry ota like that massimo is whisking me back to the country home on the outscores of moderna. Casa maria luigi, named after his mother. Because of the pandemic, his team led by Dawn Chef Jessica have gotten used to cooking outside. The ricotta is going in there and we gonna aggressive cooking to ge like this crunchiness on top. With ingredients this good, simplicity is key. Local wood is piled high in the oven and the flat beds took at the owen door. Then we add a little bit of vinegar, some thien we produce here. And a little bit of fire and thats it. You trained with massimo. Did you speak italian before . No, i didnt. Wow. I was learning from the cook so i was pretty much saying bad words. This is the elder flower dagger . Look how crusti and beautiful it is. Jesus, look at that. Almost need to taste it. Oh, its the balsamic. Oh, come on. His is like the crunchy part of the la sedan ya. Yeah. Exactly the same. That everybody fights over. Yeah, yeah. Thats beautiful. Its so good. So good. You cant stop eating this, can you . Its almost a dessert, yeah . The vinegar with the honey, wow, wow. Thats delicious. You format that youre making a television show. Im like, what was that guy doing here. Hey, you wanna get out of here . Weve got you. During expedia travel week, save 20 or more on thousands of hotels. 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[john legends i can see clearly now] make your reunion happen with vrbo. Your together awaits. Vrbo. Brogna is the poster trial for liberal italy. Imagine San Francisco and youre in the ballpark. The city is famously known as the fat for its rich food. The wise for university and the wed for its leftist for its leftist politics. Ive come to meet one of the leaders of the sardines group. A rebel alines, not something that happens after Eating Stooch oily fish. Hes an accidental political hero and he loves food. Nice to meet you. The sardines mobilized when mateo campaigned here in the winter of 2019 during regional elections. Its kind of a little of donald trump . Italy and it was last november and it was launching the campaign. Yeah. From bologna. We said organize something different. Band we found out it was the sardines, so we say you better be like sardines. We would be crowded like sardines, so we wanted all the people like 6,000 people to be on the middle of the square. And finally, the 20,000 people came. 20,000 people came up. Jesus. It was the most famous pick of the day. Yeah. It really created a movement. Yeah. It was like this. To the south to the far north. Since then. Sal veney lost the elections. Will you go into priks . I dont think so because i dress like a guy and my hair is a disaster. I cant Help Thinking that this dashing italian is too modest. I want to eat something. But its lunchtime and he knows the best delhi in town, so im saying nothing. Oh, my god. If one goes to heaven, this is probably it. All right. Lets go get some. Were homing in on the cold cuts. One cant have too much minority della in this life. This finely ground pork sausage has some german influences cooked do it. 200 grams. Which is a lot, but we im starving, youre starving, too. Im starving. Spiked with pepper counties and pistachios its bejeweled with white fat from pigs throats. [ speaking Foreign Language ] back in the 17th century, minority della became one of the most protected products with an official decree from the Church Outlying the recipe and the ingredients. Dates back to the 15th century. Really . They talk about politics. So simple. So good. Thats so good. Thats what gave birth to baloney. American baloney doesnt taste like this. Its also known as sausage, hence, the mangled translation we have in the united states, baloney. Give me the original any day. Its so sweet and garlicky. I love it. Food and politics go hand in hand for mateea and the sardines. Theyre volunteering to feed the citys most vulnerable. The remarkable roberto is the founder of these peoples kitchens. Oh, wow. Thats a disaster. Fresh egg pasta made from soft wheat is a great specialty in this region. Tortellini, named venouss belly button, has been feeding them for over 5,000 years. [ speaking Foreign Language ] food and love define it. The smell is incredible. [ speaking Foreign Language ] demand has doubled since the pandemic. Communal tables where guests normally eat together, lonely retirees, refugees and the unemployed rubbing shoulders have been replaced with daily takeouts for people. You are elsa. Elsa. [ speaking Foreign Language ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] good food is spg that makes everything better and its the key to good hell. This is a saving grace. Sweet pillows of softness this is soft holy charmin oh excuse me roll it back, everybody sorry charmin ultra soft is so cushiony soft, youll want more but its so absorbent, you can use less. So its always worth it. Now, what did we learn about using less . Youve got to, roll it back everybody we all go, why not enjoy the go with charmin. This is the sound of change. Its the sound of low cash mode from pnc bank giving you the options and extra time needed to help you avoid an overdraft fee. Low cash mode on virtual wallet from pnc bank. One way were making a difference. 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Yes, theyve been making vinegar since 1605 while the May Flour Pilgrims were still in play school. The nature of the regions grapes led to the happy accident of Balsamic Vinegar. Low in tannens and quick to ferment, they turn more easily into vinegar than fine wine. I keep hearing its a trait. You take something and turn it into something special. Which becomes even super special. All right. Well, lets go look at them. Ok. Were not heading to a damp wine cellar. Theyre exposed to changing temperatures. Were actually in the heart of the most ancient collection of masks weve got. This said from 1600. The older, the better, because Balsamic Vinegar will eat up slowly the boot of the cask. A family never throw away their own cask. In each of these there is liquid from 250 years ago. Dell its the taste. An artisinal way. It is actually moving some vinegar from the second to the first. Biological weapona is playing the wise vinegar taster. The thickness, the viscosity. Yes. Like a red. Yeah. Theres one thing that has always been around here. Setting down the catastrophic for a new one. Its when a person will get married. I love that. Lets drink. Or lisa chase. Ive cracked. Enough of the history. Lets do it. Lets do it. Im thirsty for vinegar. You taste it on a spoon. The flavors very long in your mouth. Really is good. Here you taste the 25yearold. Imagine to get one liter of this, you need to start from 100 kylos of grapes. Oh, wow, look at that. See the perfume, more intensity. Whoa. So there is a salt and sweet. And acidy. Yes. I remember when it became started to become popular and people were using it on everything and actually too many things. Never too many. Traditional Balsamic Vinegar is one of the staggering Food Products in roman ya. This place has more than any other region in italy. How are they effortlessly producing all these famous delicacies, parmesan, Balsamic Vinegar and prosciutto. Im headed to meet my friend. What do you have . I have some and his wife laura who runs their incredible restaurant. Many different ingredients come out of what you have available in your backyard. Right. To discover the secrets of why this area is famously known as food valley. The po river is the longest in italy. Its fertile flood plain has made this place a agricultural powerhouse. It lies between the po river in the north and the mountains to the south. Thats moderna. Hazy today. Thats moderna in the valley. And we have the things behind us. When you look at a place like parma, the reason that the hands are so well aged, because the cross wind blows into the valley. It creates this kind of microclimate. Its about the fog. Oh, fog. Thanks to you. The fog and humidity really makes the difference in all this. The humidity that comes from the protection from south is cool but not too cool. Hot summer, cold winter and pretty the perfect microclimate in roman ya. Even the regions fresh pasta is explained by this humidity climate, which means that sharp wheat can be grown here. If you dont believe in god, you believe in tortellini. You understand. Its like a religion. And nobody doesnt like tortellini. Massimo drew up in moderna and is obsessive about the local foods that shaped his childhood. If you check my blood, theres Balsamic Vinegar. The summer, the vinegar is alive. And in the winter goes to bed and stay there and relax for six month. Right. Till the spring is coming and hes getting to life again and again and again. Slow, slowry, slowly arrive at the point of excellence. Right. The food of roman ya could only be made here. I prompts never to complain about fog again. Are you one of the millions of americans who experience occasional bloating, gas, or abdominal discomfort . Taking align can help. Align contains a Quality Probiotic to naturally help soothe digestive upsets 24 7. Try align, the pros in digestive health. 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Its very fat. Well mix the taste of both. Its incredible. Here you can taste the fat, the meat. More nuttive. Yes. Nick l. A. Has rustled up a platter of the two, but will the danish fake be obvious . So, what do you think . This doesnt look like prosciutto. No. Its just dry meat. This is made for the people who want to go to the gym and grow up muscles. Plastic. Nikola has a point about the taste ofness fanattics. The lack of pork fat is nothing. Its acidy. Doesnt do it for me, though. I cant believe thats what they were selling. And the people buy. This is incredible. Look at this. This is made with love. Its different than the others. Its amazing. Look at this. Thats beautiful. Another planet. Like love. As soon as it hits your tonguen thats instantaneous. Thats the prosciutto we all know and love, and this is an interloper. When that scandal happened we were disgusted. You cant let the integrity of this disappear, because thats one of the most delicious things on earth. 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For italians, the book science in the kitchen and the Art Of Eating Well is their second bible. [ speaking Foreign Language ] thats fantastic. Yeah. Yeah. Small . Small. Quarter of up unand half a carrot. Chop it. Small. I think the thing thats interesting about the recipe is so many chefs have so many different versions of this. Some say dont use tomato, milk, nutmegs. It shouldnt be too tomatoey, i dont think. There isnt in toe matteau sauce. No . No. This recipe only butter. Only butter. Not oil. Oil was expensive. In the recipe, the meat, delicate vale and salty bacon are cooked at the same time as the chopped vej stabls. Yes. You put big peaces of bacon in like that . No. Ive never done that. Maybe thats why mine isnt so go h good. I add flour and nutmeg. Like most cooks in this region theres only one pasta barbara would consider using and it aint spaghetti, folks. There you are. The local fresh dish grips the sauce far better than dried southern spaghetti ever could. Age 24 months. Im ready. Youre ready. Thank god. Dont judge me. Ive had to wait for ten torturous minutes for it to took. They use lean vale, so its a quicker ragu to make than a beef bowlian az. Cheers. Cheers. Good . Very good. So good. This is what i have been trying to do at home but i have never achieved it. Now i know how to do it because of you, yes, yes. Thank you. Will you marry me . You have a muss husband, too. Forget about it. Ive trafltd further to the coastal town of italy. This is where ordinary italians come to play, flirt, and tan by the sea. This is really beautiful. Often looked down on by the rich cities of milia, this is an unpretentious blue collar neighborhood. Obviously im here to eat. Director federico if leany is the most famous son an its his film that gives italy the Iconic Images and casts italians as a firely passionate people driven by their hearts and their stomachs. The childhood was the Incompetence Operation for many of his dreamily surreal and unbearably sexy movies. Im meeting his niece, francesca. [ speaking Foreign Language ] this is the semi ought buy graphical movie. [ speaking Foreign Language ] and the tensions in and out of the home. He was very particularly about his food so that when he would come here and visit, he would ask my mother. Yes. To cook very specifying things. Of course. Take the phone and say im just arriving. I want to visit you. That was great. Even when he became a world famous director fellini still craved the simple home dishes of his home town. He said life is a combination of magic and pasta. Federico would adore this kind of restaurant. So fran chess can is taking me to a local place where they still make specialties he loved like Pasta Parcels traditionally eaten in both on christmas day. May i introduce you to the queen of the pasta here. Yes. Nice to meet you. Are you hungry . Yes. So capeletti. [ speaking Foreign Language ] like a it was under the control of the papacy for centuries, so its not surprising that this pasta refers to the jaunty paep hat. [ speaking Foreign Language ] all the extra flavor. They are good. Its important that the spice is very thin. You almost want to be able see your hand through it, right . Yeah. Oh, i see. She is also making another dish which means priest choker. A specialty born of necessity and poverty using just water, flower, and a little salt. Every cut is perfect. [ speaking Foreign Language ] he would choke with it. Thats really thats funny. [ speaking Foreign Language ] it has everything in it. Revolution, anger, religion, and death. And death. In a little yes. Plate of pasta. Yeah. So capeletti. You have to try it. Yes. Something special. Hmm. Thats great. You have to try also other plate. Hopefully were not going to choke. Oh, my god. Only reason you would choke on them is if you ate them too fast because they were so good. Really full of emotion. Yeah. Because you used to come here, right . Yes. Were ending the day with a pertivo in the grand hotel. I consider federico my magician, a magician in my life. The pasta of roman ya demonstrates how genius they are. The unique climate, some strict rules and a few simple ingredients are all they need to conjure up a magic. Very exciting to be back in the world again. Everywhere you turn theres something of historical significance. Which is like youre living inside a museum. Even if youve never been to rome, youve been to rome