about pasta and pizza. oh my god, that's so beautiful. perfecto. this is the land of rice and polenta. >> polenta in the ancient time, it was like the bread. >> people from south of italy call us 'polentoni'. >> tucci: there isn't even a tomato in sight... this is amazing. and olive oil plays second fiddle to butter. >> butter, a lot of butter. >> jesus. woah, jesus. warning - irresponsible amounts of butter were used in the making of this program. ok. i hate to say it but... we need more butter. milan is the second biggest city in italy. it's the capital of lombardy - a region in the north of the peninsula, the gateway to northern europe and all of the