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you put it in, and it's changed completely. >> the people here are fuelled by passion and ambition. they just don't like to shout about it. >> oh, my god. >> i'm stanley tucci. i'm italian on both sides, and i'm traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country's 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. >> it resurrects a dead person. >> piedmont's a place that's always innovative. >> you have to be a little bit crazy. yes. >> here, you have to expect the unexpected. and come at things a little differently to unearth its real treasures. ♪ ♪ ital...

Italy has a reputation for coffee, but it's taken to another level in touren. its graceful squares and elegant buildings are perfect. if you squint, you could even imagine yourself in paris. and that's no accident. tu ran is the capital of piedmont, a region in the extreme northwest of italy, directly on the border with france. having such a larger than life neighbor has left its mark. but if there's a drink that sums it up, it's this, a potion that's been all the rage since the 1760s. >> can i put my spoon in it? i know that sounds like a naughty question. [speaking foreign language] >> that'...

Spanish controlling the south, and the austrians, the northeast. the kingdom of sardinia, that ruled piedmont, led the fight to throw out the foreign powers and build an italy run by italians. >> what year is this now? >> 1861. >> '61. and turan becomes it's first capital for like a minute and a half or something like that. >> yeah, something like that. but we still have a huge -- >> turan may have lost out to rome in the long run, but during its time in the capital, italy beam a modern democratic nation for the first time in history. >> this used to be the very first italian parliament. >> it...

It's in three layers. coffee, chocolate, cream. different temperatures. >> the french may have introduced chocolate to turan, but only italians could find a way to suspend three ingredients like this. it packs a powerful punch, just the stuff to fuel revolutions. one of its greatest fans was a 19th century turan aristocrat with a big idea. food writer and local historian pavlo has agreed to fill me in on the details. >> so good to see you. >> we have a nice day for it. so, tell me about that guy. >> camille. he was the politician behind the italian unification. >> before unification, modern it...