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so here we are in milan, the fashion and industrial powerhouse of italy. ive only been to milan a few times and always in passing. ive never stayed here long enough to really get a sense of it. the first thing that strikes you about milan is its dynamism. no wonder espresso was invented here. i think i might need a few of these just to keep up with the rhythm of the city, but do the hard-working milanese bring as much to the italian table as they do to the countrys economy? im stanley ...

ive only been to milan a few times, and always in passing. ive never stayed here long enough to really get a sense of it. the first thing that strikes you about milan is its dynamism. grazie. no wonder espresso was invented here. i think i might need a few of these, just to keep up with the rhythm of the city. but do the hardworking milanese bring as much to the italian table as they do to the countrys economy? im stanley tucci. im italian on both sides and im traveling across italy to...

>> hi. >> ciao stanley, welcome. >> hi, how are you? >> we will leave her now because shes the master. >> shell kick you out anyway. >> yeah, yeah. >> this was my job when i was a kid. my mother would give me the mushrooms and i would have to brush them off. not ones we found, ones we bought but that was my job. what are you making? >> polenta. and what we do and this is the recipe of the house, i dont know where it comes from, we put in the water a piece of garlic. it will leave a flavour. >> y...

Bought. but that was my job to -- yeah. what are you making? >> polenta. and what we do -- and this is a recipe of the house -- i dont know where it comes from. we put in the water piece of garlic. >> yeah. >> it will leave a fume -- flavor. >> yeah. >> and then you can -- >> yeah, its nice. yeah. but you know a lot about the food of lombardy -- this area. >> polenta in the ancient time it was like the bread. you eat it warm with meat, if youre lucky, or you would have eaten with cheese or you w...

Yeah. but you know a lot about the food of lombardy, this area. >> polenta in the ancient times, it was like the bread. you eat it warm with meat if youre lucky or you would have eaten it with cheese, or you would eat it just with butter. or my favourite dish as a child was polenta e latte, warm polenta and cold milk. >> you know, people from south of italy call us from north of italy polentoni because we eat polenta. >> oh is that true, really? >> angela: usually you accompany it with juice and...

>> angela: polenta. and what we do and this is the recipe of the house, i dont know where it comes from, we put in the water a piece of garlic. it will leave a flavour. >> yeah, yeah, thats nice, yeah. but you know a lot about the food of lombardy, this area. >> polenta in the ancient times, it was like the bread. you eat it warm with meat if youre lucky or you would have eaten it with cheese, or you would eat it just with butter. or my favourite dish as a child was polenta e latte, warm polenta...

Kid. my mother would give me the mushrooms and i would have to brush them off. not ones we found, ones we bought, but that was my job. yeah. what are you making? >> polenta. and what we do, and this is the recipe of the house, i dont know where it comes from, we put in the water a piece of garlic. it will leave the flavor. >> yeah, yeah, thats nice, yeah. but you know a lot about the food of lombardy, this area. >> polenta in the ancient times, it was like the bread. you eat it warm with meat if...

>> we will leave her now because shes the master. >> tucci: shell kick you out anyway. >> francesco: yeah, yeah. >> tucci: this was my job when i was a kid. my mother would give me the mushrooms and i would have to brush them off. not ones we found, ones we bought but that was my job. what are you making? >> angela: polenta. and what we do and this is the recipe of the house, i dont know where it comes from, we put in the water a piece of garlic. it will leave a flavour. >> yeah, yeah, thats nic...