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Through the Olive Branches . Theyre hard to avoid in puglia, a region thats home to 60 million olive trees. Thats one olive tree for every italian in italy. This region is italy at its most elemental simple fresh cuisine thats grown and produced here. Fragrant olive oil, beautiful vegetables, cheeses renowned the world over. Hello. Hello. One focaccia. And durum wheat for pasta and bread. Grazie. Look at that. Im stanley tucci. Im fascinated by my italian heritage, so im traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this countrys 20 regions is as unique as the people and their pas...

>> hello, i'm in puglia, which is the heel of -- can you see me through the olive branches? >> they're hard to avoid in puglia, a region that's home to 60 million olive trees. that's one olive tree for every italian in italy. this region is italy at its most elemental -- simple fresh cuisine that's grown and produced here. fragrant olive oil, beautiful vegetables, cheeses renowned the world over. >> hello. >> hello. one focaccia. >> and durum wheat for pasta and bread. >> look at that. >> i'm stanley tucci. i'm fascinated by my italian heritage, so i'm traveling across italy to disco...

through the olive branches? >> they're hard to avoid in puglia, a region that's home to 60 million olive trees. that's one olive tree for every italian in italy. this region is italy at its most elemental -- simple fresh cuisine that's grown and produced here. fragrant olive oil, beautiful vegetables, cheeses renowned the world over. >> hello. >> hello. one focaccia. >> and durum wheat for pasta and bread. grazie. look at that. >> i'm stanley tucci. i'm fascinated by my italian heritage, so i'm traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country's 20 regions is as...

>> all right. >> a few steps from the relative modernity of the town square, we are transported back in time. >> that's matera old city. >> that's incredible. i've never seen an italian city like this. >> no, it's quite unique. >> yeah, yeah. >> this ancient town grew across one slope of the rocky ravine, known locally as la gravina. and although it dates back to the 10th century bc, for many it will trigger more recent memories. >> from the last james bond movie. >> oh yeah. that has been the first movie when matera in the cinema was actually matera and not some other places. because during t...

With inventive names like, i dropped an egg in the garden, and drone view of la murgia. not just full of flavor, his recipes are loaded with symbolism, with one dish in particular capturing matera's incredible transformation. >> let me explain the meaning behind the dish. first we prepare the veal. for the noble part we use the filet, which we take like this. we sear it in a hot pan. >> veal? >> yes, just a classic veal filet. the part from which you make chateaubriand. we serve it with the poor part of the veal, the sweet bread. the glands near the throat. >> these glands, essentially offal o...