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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...

>> take a picture of me holding the beer. and now we're walking through arco basso, which is also known as the orecchiette road. >> the orecchiette road, yeah. >> because you'll see there's a lot of women making orecchiette. >> with many of their husbands out at sea, the women were left to fend for themselves and provide for the family. around the 1950s, they started making orecchiette, or little ears, to sell from their homes. but a few years ago, the council tried to stop their trade. >> for hygiene purposes, you can't really be making pasta out of your home and selling it to people or resta...

And now we're walking through arco basso, which is also known as the orecchiette road. >> the orecchiette road, yeah. >> because you'll see there's a lot of women making orecchiette. >> with many of their husbands out at sea, the women were left to fend for themselves and provide for the family. around the 1950s, they started making orecchiette, or little ears, to sell from their homes. but a few years ago, the council tried to stop their trade. >> for hygiene purposes, you can't really be making pasta out of your home and selling it to people or restaurants. but just like the fish market, the...