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trading empire. silks, spices, ideas and money, lots of it. the venetians live between earth and water. its shaped their character, salty, wise and ingenuous. >> i have never seen anyone do that before. >> im stanley tucci. im italian on both sides and im traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this countrys 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. >> may i? thank you. how are you? >> good. >> good. >> surrounded by wetlands, these people are hunters. >>...

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Shrimp. it is so tinyu dont clean anything. >> you dont clean anything. you just eat the whole thing. so thats cuddlefish. >> cuddlefish is a cousin of the squid and octopus. >> squid. >> this also has ink. >> it does. some people confuse, you know, risotto, and they appear squid because they cannot find cuddle fish. a venetian will tell you that you have to use cuddle fish. >> sapia is a cuddle fish and its ink is a key ingredient. >> so lets get the little ones. >> first you have to extract th...

. >> first you have to extract the ink sack, unpunctured. it is easy if youre a tenth generation fish monger. it looks like a pearl. >> the precious ink is used to stain the risotto black. making it as theatrical as venice itself. for our two-person feast, were buying ten cuttle fish. then heading to my hotel to cook. the problemcy want to buy all of it. i cant. im saying in a hotel. >> this fabulous dish is identified with venice because there are so many cuttle fish in the lagoon. maybe it is ...