1 00:00:09,283 --> 00:00:12,483 >>> IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO THE FIRST 2 00:00:12,486 --> 00:00:16,223 WAVE OF COVID‐19 HAD EMPTIED THE STREETS OF NAPLES AND ITALY WAS 3 00:00:16,223 --> 00:00:19,293 IN LOCKDOWN. THANKFULLY, I’VE ARRIVED DURING 4 00:00:19,293 --> 00:00:23,297 A BRIEF MOMENT OF NORMALITY. RESTAURANTS ARE OPEN AND MASKS 5 00:00:23,297 --> 00:00:29,327 ARE NOT REQUIRED OUTSIDE. AND WE’LL BE STICKING TO THE 6 00:00:29,336 --> 00:00:32,639 LOCAL RULES. NAPOLI IS A TRULY THRILLING 7 00:00:32,639 --> 00:00:34,508 CITY. THE SECOND YOU ARRIVE YOU’RE 8 00:00:34,508 --> 00:00:38,678 ENGULFED BY A MAGNIFICENT CHAOS. AND THERE’S NO POINT IN FIGHTING 9 00:00:38,679 --> 00:00:42,149 IT. PEOPLE HERE DO THINGS THEIR OWN 10 00:00:42,149 --> 00:00:45,149 WAY. TAKE THE ENERGY OF NEW YORK, MIX 11 00:00:45,152 --> 00:00:49,856 IN THE GRITTY ELEGANCE OF NEW ORLEANS, ADD 3,000 YEARS OF 12 00:00:49,856 --> 00:00:54,356 HISTORY, AND COOK IT ALL UP IN THE HEAT OF THE WORLD’S MOST 13 00:00:54,361 --> 00:00:56,697 FAMOUS VOLCANO. THAT IS NAPOLI. 14 00:00:56,697 --> 00:01:00,727 I’M STANLEY TUCCI. I’M ITALIAN ON BOTH SIDES AND 15 00:01:00,734 --> 00:01:03,870 I’M TRAVELING ACROSS ITALY TO DISCOVER HOW THE FOOD IN EACH OF 16 00:01:03,870 --> 00:01:08,709 THIS COUNTRY’S 20 REGIONS IS AS UNIQUE AS THE PEOPLE AND THEIR 17 00:01:08,709 --> 00:01:17,479 PAST. >> IN THE SOUTH WE ARE VERY USED 18 00:01:17,484 --> 00:01:23,357 TO ‐‐ >> THIS PLACE MAY BE LOOKED DOWN 19 00:01:23,357 --> 00:01:25,017 ON. BUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS 20 00:01:25,025 --> 00:01:27,160 REGION HAVE THEIR OWN WAY OF DOING THINGS. 21 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,060 >> FOR ME THIS IS OUR PHILOSOPHY. 22 00:01:29,062 --> 00:01:34,732 THIS IS OUR TRADITION. >> THEY’VE GIVEN THE WORLD ITS 23 00:01:34,735 --> 00:01:37,304 FAVORITE FOOD. JUST DON’T FORGET WHERE IT WAS 24 00:01:37,304 --> 00:01:51,551 INVENTED 25 00:01:51,551 --> 00:01:59,459 . IF PIZZA WAS GOING TO BE BORN 26 00:01:59,459 --> 00:02:03,959 ANYWHERE, IT WOULD BE HERE IN NAPLES. 27 00:02:03,964 --> 00:02:11,604 THE CITY IS HOT, FAST, AND A FEAST FOR THE SENSES. 28 00:02:11,605 --> 00:02:15,742 NAPE GOES IS THE UNOFFICIAL CAPITAL OF THE ITALIAN SOUTH AND 29 00:02:15,742 --> 00:02:20,512 IS EVEN OLDER THAN ROME. IT’S A REGION OF VOLCANIC 30 00:02:20,514 --> 00:02:26,486 LANDSCAPES, MAGICAL ISLANDS, AND THE WORLD FAMOUS COAST. 31 00:02:26,486 --> 00:02:29,786 THE SOUTHERN SUN NURTURES TOMATOES THAT ARE THE ENVY OF 32 00:02:29,790 --> 00:02:32,420 THE WORLD. OUT IN THE HILLS, BUFFALO 33 00:02:32,426 --> 00:02:35,962 PRODUCE THE MILK FOR THE FINEST MOZZARELLA. 34 00:02:35,962 --> 00:02:37,798 BUT PIZZA WASN’T BORN IN THE LUSH HILLS. 35 00:02:37,798 --> 00:02:42,298 IT CAME FROM THE DARKEST, POOREST STREETS OF NAPLES. 36 00:02:42,302 --> 00:02:46,372 AND ITS STORY COMBINES TWO OF ITALY’S FAVORITE SUBJECTS ‐‐ 37 00:02:46,373 --> 00:02:54,748 FOOD AND DEATH. >> ITALY’S HISTORIC VOLCANO 38 00:02:54,748 --> 00:02:58,278 EXPLODES INTO THE MOST FEARSOME AND DEVASTATING ERUPTION. 39 00:02:58,285 --> 00:03:05,325 AT LEAST ONCE IN EVERY CENTURY. >> THE VOLCANO IS SORT OF AN 40 00:03:05,325 --> 00:03:07,027 EVER PRESENT THREAT ISN’T IT? >> IT IS. 41 00:03:07,027 --> 00:03:11,027 BECAUSE IT IS ON THE LANDSCAPE. YOU ALWAYS WATCH IT. 42 00:03:11,031 --> 00:03:15,631 YOU ALWAYS HAVE IT IN YOUR MIND AND IN YOUR EYES. 43 00:03:15,635 --> 00:03:20,774 >> THIS PROFESSOR IS ONE OF THE 3 MILLION RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN 44 00:03:20,774 --> 00:03:23,744 THE SHADOW OF THE MIGHTY VOLCANO. 45 00:03:23,744 --> 00:03:25,779 >> PEOPLE ARE OBSESSED BY THE POSSIBILITY OF DYING BECAUSE 46 00:03:25,779 --> 00:03:28,179 THERE IS A VOLCANO, BECAUSE THERE ARE EARTHQUAKES. 47 00:03:28,181 --> 00:03:30,317 >> YES. >> THERE ARE EPIDEMICS. 48 00:03:30,317 --> 00:03:32,717 >> YES. >> SO IT IS VERY HARD FOR THEM. 49 00:03:32,719 --> 00:03:35,349 >> LIFE CAN BE TOUGH IN THIS VOLATILE CITY. 50 00:03:35,355 --> 00:03:39,025 IT’S NO WONDER EVERYWHERE YOU GO IN NAPLES YOU SEE HAND MADE 51 00:03:39,025 --> 00:03:42,129 SHRINES, KEEPING A LIGHT SHINING FOR LOVED ONES WHO HAVE DIED. 52 00:03:42,129 --> 00:03:44,359 THIS IS ALL OVER THE CITY YOU SEE THIS. 53 00:03:44,364 --> 00:03:46,064 >> YES. THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE 54 00:03:46,066 --> 00:03:49,836 ARCHITECTURE OF THE CITY. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE KIND OF 55 00:03:49,836 --> 00:03:51,366 TEMPLES OF MEMORY. >> RIGHT. 56 00:03:51,371 --> 00:03:55,341 >> YOU REMEMBER THE PEOPLE OF YOUR FAMILY OR YOUR FRIENDS 57 00:03:55,342 --> 00:03:58,178 ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DIED. 58 00:03:58,178 --> 00:04:02,608 >> COMING FROM A SOUTHERN ITALIAN FAMILY, DEATH WAS ALWAYS 59 00:04:02,616 --> 00:04:05,152 TALKED ABOUT. I REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER USED 60 00:04:05,152 --> 00:04:07,220 TO CALL MY MOTHER. MY MOTHER WOULD PICK UP THE 61 00:04:07,220 --> 00:04:11,120 PHONE AND SHE’D SAY ‐‐ >> YOU KNOW WHO DIED? 62 00:04:11,124 --> 00:04:14,094 >> EXACTLY! THAT’S WHAT IT WAS. 63 00:04:14,094 --> 00:04:20,300 >> MY GRANDMA DID THE SAME. IT WAS ALSO A WAY FOR FEELING 64 00:04:20,300 --> 00:04:24,070 ALIVE. >> ELIZABETTA IS SHOWING ME THE 65 00:04:24,070 --> 00:04:26,200 HISTORIC PART OF THE CITY. FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS THE 66 00:04:26,206 --> 00:04:29,876 POOREST PEOPLE OF NAPLES WERE PACKED INTO THESE NARROW 67 00:04:29,876 --> 00:04:30,976 STREETS. TERRIBLE SANITATION MEANT YOUR 68 00:04:30,977 --> 00:04:34,307 LIFE COULD BE SNATCHED FROM YOU AT ANY MOMENT BY THE BRUTAL 69 00:04:34,314 --> 00:04:36,349 EPIDEMIC OF THEIR AGE ‐‐ CHOLERA. 70 00:04:36,349 --> 00:04:39,479 >> PEOPLE REALLY GOT SCARED. >> RIGHT. 71 00:04:39,486 --> 00:04:42,255 >> BECAUSE IT WAS AN EPIDEMIC LIKE MORE OR LESS THE COVID‐19 72 00:04:42,255 --> 00:04:42,923 VIRUS. >> YES. 73 00:04:42,923 --> 00:04:44,923 >> SO YOU COULD TRANSMIT IT VERY EASILY. 74 00:04:44,925 --> 00:04:48,328 >> RIGHT, RIGHT. >> CHOLERA WAS SPREAD BY WATER 75 00:04:48,328 --> 00:04:51,898 AND BY FOOD. SO PEOPLE HERE COOKED PIECES OF 76 00:04:51,898 --> 00:04:56,368 BREAD IN HOT OIL. SO THE FRYING IS SIMPLER. 77 00:04:56,369 --> 00:04:58,469 >> IT’S SIMPLER. IT’S EASY. 78 00:04:58,471 --> 00:05:05,041 YOU CAN GET A VERY GOOD POINT OF HYGIENE BECAUSE FRYING REALLY 79 00:05:05,045 --> 00:05:07,581 STERILIZES EVERYTHING. >> IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE 80 00:05:07,581 --> 00:05:09,881 FEW TIMES IN LIFE THAT FRYING SOMETHING MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE 81 00:05:09,883 --> 00:05:12,853 BEEN HEALTHY FOR YOU. >> SO THIS IS WHERE WE’RE GOING 82 00:05:12,853 --> 00:05:22,793 TO GET FRIED PIZZA? ALL RIGHT. 83 00:05:22,796 --> 00:05:38,745 [ SPEAKING IN OTHER LANGUAGE ] >> OKAY. 84 00:05:38,745 --> 00:05:52,959 PIZZA, 85 00:05:52,959 --> 00:05:57,159 RICOTTA. >> YOU KNOW, SINCE A CENTURY HER 86 00:05:57,163 --> 00:05:59,733 FAMILY IS DOING THIS. >> FOR A CENTURY. 87 00:05:59,733 --> 00:06:02,402 >> FOR A CENTURY. >> THESE STREETS WERE ONCE FULL 88 00:06:02,402 --> 00:06:08,642 OF PLACES LIKE THIS. BUT FERNANDA IS NOW THE LAST OF 89 00:06:08,642 --> 00:06:22,752 AN HISTORIC LINEAGE. >> IT ALL PUFFS UP. 90 00:06:22,756 --> 00:06:31,364 DOESN’T IT? >> IT’S BEAUTIFUL. 91 00:06:31,364 --> 00:06:48,682 ALL RIGHT. THAN 92 00:06:48,682 --> 00:06:54,587 K YOU. READY? 93 00:06:54,587 --> 00:06:56,957 FERNANDA ‐‐ [ SPEAKING IN ITALIAN ] 94 00:06:56,957 --> 00:07:00,727 >> THIS DELICIOUS POCKET OF HISTORY WAS PIZZA BEFORE PIZZA 95 00:07:00,727 --> 00:07:06,927 WAS PIZZA. WITH THE PORK AND THE RICOTTA. 96 00:07:06,933 --> 00:07:12,572 >> IT IS VERY TASTY. >> AS WE WALK OFF SOME OF THOSE 97 00:07:12,572 --> 00:07:18,178 CALORIES, ELIZABETTA TELLS ME HOW PIZZA WAS BORN IN THESE 98 00:07:18,178 --> 00:07:21,808 STREETS FROM QUITE UNPROMISING BEGINNINGS. 99 00:07:21,815 --> 00:07:24,150 >> MOSTLY THEY WERE SELLING BREAD WITH A LITTLE BIT OF FAT 100 00:07:24,150 --> 00:07:27,350 ON IT, SOMETIMES PEPPER, BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE REALLY POOR. 101 00:07:27,354 --> 00:07:31,524 THEN AT A CERTAIN POINT, PEOPLE HERE INVENTED PIZZA. 102 00:07:31,524 --> 00:07:42,434 BUT FOR MANY YEARS IT WAS JUST A KNEE 103 00:07:42,435 --> 00:07:45,438 NEO POLITAN DISH. >> CHOLERA PLAYED SUCH A ROLE. 104 00:07:45,438 --> 00:07:47,968 >> FOR CENTURIES. >> THANKFULLY FOR US BY THE LATE 105 00:07:47,974 --> 00:07:51,511 19th CENTURY THE ITALIAN PREJUDICE AGAINST NAPLES AND ITS 106 00:07:51,511 --> 00:07:55,348 FOOD BEGAN TO CHANGE AND WE ARE GOING TO THE PLACE WHERE 107 00:07:55,348 --> 00:08:00,418 ACCORDING TO LEGEND IN 1889 THE ITALIAN QUEEN ORDERED A PIZZA 108 00:08:00,420 --> 00:08:02,889 THAT WENT ON TO BEAR HER NAME, THE MARGARITA. 109 00:08:02,889 --> 00:08:07,959 DO YOU MAKE PIZZA AT HOME EVER? >> IN NAPLES IT IS ALMOST 110 00:08:07,961 --> 00:08:08,928 FORBIDDEN. >> NO POINT. 111 00:08:08,928 --> 00:08:12,928 >> THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS DURING LOCKDOWN ALL THE PIZZERIAS WERE 112 00:08:12,932 --> 00:08:14,232 CLOSED. THAT WAS REALLY BAD. 113 00:08:14,234 --> 00:08:18,071 THE FIRST DAY AFTER THE LOCKDOWN, 60,000 PIZZAS WERE 114 00:08:18,071 --> 00:08:19,839 MADE, THE SAME DAY. >> REALLY. 115 00:08:19,839 --> 00:08:24,539 >> YES. THEY WERE NOT SUFFICIENT BECAUSE 116 00:08:24,544 --> 00:08:26,980 EVERYBODY WANTED A PIZZA. >> THEY WERE SO DESPERATE. 117 00:08:26,980 --> 00:08:29,349 >> FIRST THE PIZZA AND THEN THE VACCINE. 118 00:08:29,349 --> 00:08:32,479 >> IN THE STREETS OF NAPLES PIZZA GREW OUT OF ONE PANDEMIC 119 00:08:32,485 --> 00:08:34,988 AND SUSTAINED THE CITY THROUGH ANOTHER. 120 00:08:34,988 --> 00:08:38,858 WHAT WAS BORN IN A PLACE CONSUMED BY DEATH, IS NOW A FOOD 121 00:08:38,858 --> 00:08:42,558 THE ENTIRE 122 00:08:54,707 --> 00:08:57,677 TREE IN THIS CITY OF PIZZA MAKERS THERE IS A MAN WHOSE 123 00:08:57,677 --> 00:09:04,177 REPUTATION TOWERS OVER THE TOWN LIKE VESUVIUS. 124 00:09:04,184 --> 00:09:09,122 HE WROTE THE GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARDS ON MAKING THE BEST 125 00:09:09,122 --> 00:09:12,492 NEOPOLITAN PIZZA IN THE WORLD AND WAS THE FIRST EVER TO BE 126 00:09:12,492 --> 00:09:25,071 RECOGNIZED BY THE MICHELIN GUIDE. 127 00:09:25,071 --> 00:09:31,778 THE ONLY THING HE LOVES MORE THAN PIZZA IS NAPLES, ITSELF. 128 00:09:31,778 --> 00:09:44,288 [ SPEAKING IN ITALIAN ] BEFORE HE MAKES ME A PIZZA THE 129 00:09:44,290 --> 00:09:48,528 MAESTRO NEEDS TO GO SHOPPING. WHEN YOU’RE HERE, WHO NEEDS A 130 00:09:48,528 --> 00:09:53,328 STORE WHEN YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE? 131 00:09:53,333 --> 00:09:57,170 BUFFALO WERE BROUGHT TO WORK THE SOUTHERN ITALIAN LAND BY ARAB 132 00:09:57,170 --> 00:09:58,870 CONQUERORS ALMOST A THOUSAND YEARS AGO. 133 00:09:58,872 --> 00:10:09,812 AND EARLY EACH MORNING, THEIR MILK IS TURNED INTO THE FINEST 134 00:10:09,816 --> 00:10:23,930 MOZZARELLA. THIS MASKED MAN IS ACKNOWLEDGED 135 00:10:23,930 --> 00:10:26,430 AS ONE OF THE GREATEST CHEESE MAKERS IN ITALY. 136 00:10:26,432 --> 00:10:31,738 ONCE THIS MORNING’S COLLECTION OF BUFFALO MILK IS HEATED, HE 137 00:10:31,738 --> 00:10:37,408 SEPARATES OUT THE CURDS AND THE WHEY. 138 00:10:37,410 --> 00:10:40,180 THE CURDS ARE CHOPPED AND BOILING WATER IS ADDED. 139 00:10:40,180 --> 00:10:45,080 THE RESULT IS INCREDIBLE. >> IT’S LIKE HE’S A MAGICIAN. 140 00:10:45,084 --> 00:10:54,761 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? >> IN ITALIAN, THE WORD MEANS TO 141 00:10:54,761 --> 00:10:57,797 CUT OFF. THIS ANCIENT PROCESS GIVES THE 142 00:10:57,797 --> 00:11:05,067 CHEESE ITS NAME. >> MOZZARELLA. 143 00:11:05,071 --> 00:11:10,341 >> THE MOZZARELLA THEN RESTS IN A SALT BATH FOR A FEW HOURS. 144 00:11:10,343 --> 00:11:13,980 UNLIKE OTHER CHEESES, WHICH GET BETTER WITH AGE, MOZZARELLA IS 145 00:11:13,980 --> 00:11:25,790 BEST EATEN FRESH. WHICH IS GREAT NEWS FOR ME. 146 00:11:25,792 --> 00:11:45,912 >> OH, MY GOD. >> SO IF YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE 147 00:11:45,912 --> 00:11:49,782 THE GREATEST PIZZA IN NAPLES, ONCE YOU HAVE THE BEST 148 00:11:49,782 --> 00:11:52,118 MOZZARELLA YOU NEED THE PERFECT TOMATO. 149 00:11:52,118 --> 00:11:56,148 THERE IS A PLACE WHOSE NAME IS WHISPERED IN AWE BY PIZZA FANS 150 00:11:56,155 --> 00:12:00,025 EVERYWHERE FROM BROOKLYN TO BANGKOK AND ENZO IS TAKING ME 151 00:12:00,026 --> 00:12:12,005 THERE. AS A PIZZA LOVER, I ONLY EVER 152 00:12:12,005 --> 00:12:17,010 BUY CANS OF SAN MARZANO TOMATOES AND NOW I’M HEADING TO THE 153 00:12:17,010 --> 00:12:20,110 PROMISED LAND ALTHOUGH I HADN’T QUITE EXPECTED IT TO BE A SMALL 154 00:12:20,113 --> 00:12:26,183 FARM UNDER A FREEWAY. WE’RE MEETING ENZO’S SPECIAL 155 00:12:26,185 --> 00:12:30,790 SUPPLIER, UNCLE VINCENZO. BEHIND HIS RUSTY GATES I AM 156 00:12:30,790 --> 00:12:34,027 REMINDED HERE IN ITALY TREASURES ARE TO BE FOUND IN THE MOST 157 00:12:34,027 --> 00:12:48,437 UNLIKELY LOCATIONS 158 00:12:48,441 --> 00:12:49,271 . 159 00:13:02,455 --> 00:13:08,294 >> I’VE EVEN SAN MARZANO TOMATOES ALL AROUND THE WORLD, 160 00:13:08,294 --> 00:13:11,331 BUT THE BRIGHT, BALANCED FLAVOR OF THESE IS LIKE NOTHING I’VE 161 00:13:11,331 --> 00:13:19,441 EVER TASTED. 162 00:13:58,211 --> 00:14:09,789 >> YEAH, I KNOW. IMPOSSIBLE. 163 00:14:09,789 --> 00:14:17,559 >> VARIETY IS ‐‐ VARIETIES USING THE SAN MARZANO NAME ARE 164 00:14:17,563 --> 00:14:21,233 EVERYWHERE FROM NEW JERSEY TO NEW ZEALAND BUT ONLY THE 165 00:14:21,234 --> 00:14:27,840 TOMATOES HERE ARE FED BY THE NUTRIENT RICH SOIL BY OUR OLD 166 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:38,220 FRIEND LOOMING ON THE HORIZON. 167 00:14:55,768 --> 00:14:59,368 >> AFTER OUR LITTLE SHOPPING TRIP, WE’RE BACK IN THE CITY 168 00:14:59,372 --> 00:15:05,812 AND, FINALLY, FINALLY THE MAESTRO IS MAKING A PIZZA FOR 169 00:15:05,812 --> 00:15:13,219 ME. MASS PRODUCED PIZZA BRANDS 170 00:15:13,219 --> 00:15:17,089 ALWAYS ADD SUGAR, FAT, AND FLAVORING. 171 00:15:17,089 --> 00:15:21,889 BUT IN NAPOLI IT’S JUST WATER, FLOUR, SALT, YEAST, AND LOT OF 172 00:15:21,894 --> 00:15:33,840 SKILL. THE CRUSHED SAN MARZANOS FROM 173 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:39,378 UNCLE VINCENZO GO ON FIRST. NEXT THE CREAMY NUGGETS OF 174 00:15:39,378 --> 00:15:44,378 MOZZARELLA TO COUNTERACT THE SWEET SHARPNESS OF THE TOMATOES. 175 00:15:44,383 --> 00:15:52,123 AND A FINAL FLOURISH. TO ADD SALTNESS AND FRAGRANCE. 176 00:15:52,124 --> 00:16:09,809 AND THEN IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS, FOOD MAGIC HAPPENS. 177 00:16:09,809 --> 00:16:30,496 >> OH, MY GOD. YUM, THAT’S DELICIOUS. 178 00:16:30,496 --> 00:16:31,156 PERFECT. PERFECT. 179 00:16:31,163 --> 00:16:36,602 PIZZA MAKING IS ONE TRADITION WE ALL HOPE WILL NEVER DIE OUT AND 180 00:16:36,602 --> 00:16:45,811 THAT NAPLES WILL ALWAYS KEEP THE FLAME OF PURE, SIMPLE PERFECTION 181 00:16:45,811 --> 00:17:02,331 BURNING. 182 00:17:25,818 --> 00:17:27,318 >> SO THIS ISN’T WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 183 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,120 LET ME EXPLAIN. IN THIS CITY IT SOMETIMES SEEMS 184 00:17:30,122 --> 00:17:33,092 LIKE EVERYONE IS MAKING UP THEIR OWN RULES BUT SOMEHOW THE PLACE 185 00:17:33,092 --> 00:17:35,328 HANGS TOGETHER. I’M MEETING THE MAN WHO TRIES TO 186 00:17:35,328 --> 00:17:42,268 KEEP SOME ORDER HERE, CHIEF OF THE MUNSICIPAL POLICE. 187 00:17:42,268 --> 00:17:46,038 IN TRUE NEOPOLITAN STYLE HE WANTS TO EXPLAIN HOW IT WORKS 188 00:17:46,038 --> 00:17:56,278 OVER A COFFEE. THE CAPTAIN ORDERS THREE COFFEES 189 00:17:56,282 --> 00:18:00,119 FOR THE TWO OF US. I FIGURE HE JUST REALLY LIKES 190 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:08,089 COFFEE. BUT PAYING FOR ONE EXTRA IS 191 00:18:08,094 --> 00:18:11,163 ACTUALLY A HUGELY IMPORTANT TRADITION HERE IN NAPLES. 192 00:18:11,163 --> 00:18:15,401 IT’S CALLED SUSPENDED COFFEE. WHEN A PERSON IN NEED SHOWS UP 193 00:18:15,401 --> 00:18:18,871 THE COFFEE SELLER GIVES THEM A FREE DRINK THAT THEIR FELLOW 194 00:18:18,871 --> 00:18:35,321 CITIZEN PAID FOR EARLIER. >> CHEERS. 195 00:18:35,321 --> 00:18:38,491 THAT’S NICE. >> THE PEOPLE OF NAPLES HAVE 196 00:18:38,491 --> 00:18:41,761 UNOFFICIAL WAYS OF HELPING EACH OTHER OUT THAT GO BACK 197 00:18:41,761 --> 00:18:43,491 CENTURIES. THEY SUSPEND ESSENTIALS LIKE 198 00:18:43,496 --> 00:18:49,702 COFFEE, FOOD, AND EVEN TOYS FOR FAMILIES THAT CAN’T AFFORD THEM. 199 00:18:49,702 --> 00:18:52,571 CAMPANIA IS THE SECOND POOREST REGION IN ITALY, AND COMMUNITY 200 00:18:52,571 --> 00:18:59,679 HELP IS THE ONLY SAFETY NET SOME PEOPLE HAVE. 201 00:18:59,679 --> 00:19:05,117 WHEN THAT FAILS THE POWERFUL MAFIA IS ONLY TOO READY TO SWOOP 202 00:19:05,117 --> 00:19:11,617 IN. 203 00:19:29,308 --> 00:19:32,878 >> POVERTY AND CRIME HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF LIFE IN THE CITY. 204 00:19:32,878 --> 00:19:39,178 BUT IN THE 1960s AN EXPERIMENT TO IMPROVE THINGS WENT BADLY 205 00:19:39,185 --> 00:19:40,920 WRONG. FIVE MILES FROM THE CITY CENTER, 206 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:47,890 A NEW WORLD WAS BUILT. IT WAS CALLED SCAMPIA. 207 00:19:47,893 --> 00:19:52,398 THE POOREST NEOPOLITANS WERE MOVED OUT OF THE DARK SLUMS INTO 208 00:19:52,398 --> 00:19:54,667 FUTURISTIC NEW HOMES, BUT THE DREAM QUICKLY TURNED INTO A 209 00:19:54,667 --> 00:19:57,027 NIGHTMARE. THE PLACE HAD NEITHER JOBS NOR 210 00:19:57,036 --> 00:20:01,807 TRANSPORT, AND PEOPLE HERE WERE TRAPPED. 211 00:20:01,807 --> 00:20:03,937 CAMORRA CRIME GANGS STEPPED IN WHERE THE STATE HAD FAILED. 212 00:20:03,943 --> 00:20:07,213 DRUGS WERE SOLD ON THE STREETS AND THINGS GOT SO BAD EVEN THE 213 00:20:07,213 --> 00:20:13,483 POLICE STAYED AWAY. ORDINARY RESIDENTS WERE CAUGHT 214 00:20:13,486 --> 00:20:16,822 IN THE MIDDLE. MORE RECENTLY A NEW CHAPTER IN 215 00:20:16,822 --> 00:20:19,592 THE NEIGHBORHOOD’S HISTORY BEGAN WHEN HUNDREDS OF NOMADIC 216 00:20:19,592 --> 00:20:24,230 TRAVELERS ARRIVED. >> STANLEY. 217 00:20:24,230 --> 00:20:26,830 >> SAMANTHA. >> THEY CAME FROM EASTERN EUROPE 218 00:20:26,832 --> 00:20:34,872 AND SET UP CAMP UNDER A FREEWAY HERE. 219 00:20:34,874 --> 00:20:38,611 THEY SOUGHT A BETTER LIFE IN ITALY AND HAVE MADE THEIR HOME 220 00:20:38,611 --> 00:20:57,396 HERE DESPITE NO ACCESS TO RUNNING WATER OR ELECTRICITY 221 00:20:57,396 --> 00:21:06,496 . ALL ACROSS THIS NEIGHBORHOOD 222 00:21:06,505 --> 00:21:08,641 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIKE SAMANTHA SAW THEIR LIVES GOING 223 00:21:08,641 --> 00:21:13,541 TO WASTE, UNFAIRLY LABELED AS CRIMINALS WHILE THE AUTHORITIES 224 00:21:13,546 --> 00:21:15,581 TURNED THEIR BACKS. STILL, THIS IS NAPOLI AND PEOPLE 225 00:21:15,581 --> 00:21:23,921 LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER IN THE MOST CREATIVE WAYS. 226 00:21:23,923 --> 00:21:27,459 >> SO THE KITCHEN WAS A VERY POWERFUL INSTRUMENT TO OVERCOME 227 00:21:27,459 --> 00:21:29,459 STEREOTYPES BUT ALSO CREATE WORK. 228 00:21:29,461 --> 00:21:34,066 >> RIGHT. >> WE DECIDED TO MAKE A SMALLER 229 00:21:34,066 --> 00:21:39,396 REVOLUTION THROUGH THE KITCHEN. >> IN A HUT ON THE EDGE OF 230 00:21:39,405 --> 00:21:44,677 SCAMPIA LOCAL ACTIVIST EMMA AND HER FRIENDS REALIZED THEY HAD A 231 00:21:44,677 --> 00:21:48,177 POWERFUL COMMUNITY, EACH WITH UNIQUE FOOD TRADITIONS, AND 232 00:21:48,180 --> 00:21:50,410 DECIDED TO TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. 233 00:21:50,416 --> 00:21:56,288 >> IN THE SOUTH WE ARE VERY USED TO FIGHT WITH OR WITHOUT THE 234 00:21:56,288 --> 00:21:59,258 INSTITUTION. THIS IS A VERY SOUTH ITALIAN 235 00:21:59,258 --> 00:22:01,788 QUALITY. >> THE SMALL IDEA GREW INTO 236 00:22:01,794 --> 00:22:03,894 SOMETHING ASTONISHING. THE HUT IS LONG GONE. 237 00:22:03,896 --> 00:22:07,533 IT IS NOW A RESTAURANT AND CATERING COMPANY CALLED CHIKU 238 00:22:07,533 --> 00:22:10,936 BASED IN A LARGE, DISUSED BUILDING HERE. 239 00:22:10,936 --> 00:22:17,106 SAMANTHA, WHOM I MET OVER AT THE ROMANI CAMP, GOT A JOB AS A COOK 240 00:22:17,109 --> 00:22:18,777 HERE. HER RECIPES PROVED SO POPULAR 241 00:22:18,777 --> 00:22:36,327 THEY NOW STAR ON THE MENU. 242 00:22:46,972 --> 00:22:53,779 CUSTOMERS NOW COME TO SCAM PIA FROM ACROSS THE CITY TO TASTE 243 00:22:53,779 --> 00:23:05,457 THE DELICIOUS COMBINATION OF FOOD THEY CREATE HERE. 244 00:23:05,457 --> 00:23:07,426 THIS PLACE RECEIVES NO GOVERNMENT HELP, BUT THE SUCCESS 245 00:23:07,426 --> 00:23:13,056 OF THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ALLOWS THEM TO ALSO OFFER CHILD CARE 246 00:23:13,065 --> 00:23:27,379 AND EDUCATION TO ALL THE RESIDENTS OF SCAMPIA. 247 00:23:27,379 --> 00:23:31,079 THIS NEIGHBORHOOD STILL HAS HUGE PROBLEMS, BUT IN THE FACE OF 248 00:23:31,083 --> 00:23:34,720 UNIMAGINABLE BLEAKNESS, THE VOLUNTEERS AT CHIKU HAVE OPENED 249 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:39,458 UP A SPACE TO MIX FOOD WITH TALENT. 250 00:23:39,458 --> 00:23:40,188 DELICIOUS. DELICIOUS. 251 00:23:40,192 --> 00:23:44,630 AND CREATE HOPE. THIS IS JUST THE MOST WONDERFUL 252 00:23:44,630 --> 00:23:49,068 EXPERIMENT, BUT REALITY NOW, WHICH IS THAT YOU’VE TAKEN TWO 253 00:23:49,068 --> 00:23:59,978 CULTURES AND BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER WITH A FRYING PAN 254 00:24:11,924 --> 00:24:14,226 >>> THE GREATEST JOY OF TRAVELING IS SOMETIMES YOU 255 00:24:14,226 --> 00:24:16,756 DISCOVER A PLACE BY CHANCE AND IT WINDS UP STAYING WITH YOU FOR 256 00:24:16,762 --> 00:24:19,662 THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. 14 YEARS AGO MY LATE WIFE KATE 257 00:24:19,665 --> 00:24:25,104 AND I TOOK A FERRY FROM NAPLES TO THE ISLAND JUST AN HOUR AWAY. 258 00:24:25,104 --> 00:24:28,173 ONE NIGHT WE WENT TO A FAMILY RUN RESTAURANT WHERE THEY SERVED 259 00:24:28,173 --> 00:24:33,143 FOOD WE NEVER EXPECTED TO HAVE ON AN ISLAND IN THE GULF OF 260 00:24:33,145 --> 00:24:34,980 NAPLES. I TRIED TO COME BACK WHENEVER 261 00:24:34,980 --> 00:24:37,249 I’M LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE CHANCE. 262 00:24:37,249 --> 00:24:45,257 AND THE FAMILY’S ELDEST, SYLVIA, IS MEETING ME AT THE DOCK. 263 00:24:45,257 --> 00:24:47,117 >> WELCOME. >> NICE TO SEE YOU. 264 00:24:47,126 --> 00:24:49,561 >> YES. NOW WE START THE ADVENTURE. 265 00:24:49,561 --> 00:24:54,800 ARE YOU READY? >> I’M READY. 266 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,070 >> NOW, YOU MAY WELL BE THINKING, TIME FOR A BEAUTIFUL 267 00:24:58,070 --> 00:25:04,009 DRIVE ALONG THE COAST FOR SOME TASTY SEAFOOD. 268 00:25:04,009 --> 00:25:06,209 BUT NO. THIS RESTAURANT STANDS DEFIANTLY 269 00:25:06,211 --> 00:25:10,711 AWAY FROM THE SEA SIDE CROWDS. THROUGH THE WOODS AND HALF WAY 270 00:25:10,716 --> 00:25:21,460 UP A MOUNTAIN. THIS IS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF 271 00:25:21,460 --> 00:25:23,729 VOLCANIC ISLANDS JUST OFF OF NAPLES. 272 00:25:23,729 --> 00:25:27,459 TOURISTS STARTED COMING HERE IN THE ’60s TO ENJOY THE THERMAL 273 00:25:27,466 --> 00:25:29,401 WATERS. BUT BEFORE THAT IT WAS PIRATES 274 00:25:29,401 --> 00:25:34,506 AND FOREIGN ARMIES WASHING UP ON THE SHORE. 275 00:25:34,506 --> 00:25:39,006 SO ISLAND FAMILIES CHOSE TO LIVE UP IN THE SAFETY OF THE 276 00:25:39,011 --> 00:25:44,011 MOUNTAINS. INSTEAD OF CATCHING FISH, THEY 277 00:25:44,016 --> 00:25:54,893 CAUGHT RABBIT. THE PLACE IS OVERRUN WITH THEM. 278 00:25:54,893 --> 00:25:58,397 THIS IS FAMOUS ACROSS ITALY. IN THE STATES WE RARELY EAT 279 00:25:58,397 --> 00:26:02,267 RABBIT BUT THE DELICIOUS, LEAN MEAT DRAWS THE CROWDS UP HERE TO 280 00:26:02,267 --> 00:26:05,497 THIS SECLUDED RESTAURANT. BUT BEFORE WE CAN EAT IT ‐‐ DO 281 00:26:05,504 --> 00:26:07,773 YOU WANT ME TO OPEN THIS? >> YES, PLEASE. 282 00:26:07,773 --> 00:26:13,879 >> WE HAVE TO CATCH IT. ABOVE THE RESTAURANT, WILD 283 00:26:13,879 --> 00:26:17,479 RABBITS ARE CAUGHT WITH AN INGENIOUS AND SUSTAINABLE METHOD 284 00:26:17,483 --> 00:26:23,122 THE ISLANDERS HAVE BEEN USING FOR CENTURIES. 285 00:26:23,122 --> 00:26:28,527 A PIT IS DUG CLOSE TO THE RABBIT HOLE AND TASTY FOOD IS THROWN 286 00:26:28,527 --> 00:26:32,797 DOWN TO TEMPT THEM OUT. FRAGRANT LEAVES AND BERRIES ARE 287 00:26:32,798 --> 00:26:37,268 SPECIALLY SELECTED TO ADD FLAVOR TO THE RABBIT’S MEAT. 288 00:26:37,269 --> 00:26:39,099 >> THE TASTE COMES THROUGH INTO THE MEAT. 289 00:26:39,104 --> 00:26:42,441 >> THEN ALL YOU’VE GOT TO DO IS HOP IN, CATCH ONE, AND I’LL 290 00:26:42,441 --> 00:26:48,011 SPARE YOU THE REST. SYLVIA’S LITTLE BROTHER 291 00:26:48,013 --> 00:26:51,350 AUGUSTINO RUNS THE KITCHEN. HE’S BRILLIANT AT BRINGING OUT 292 00:26:51,350 --> 00:26:54,050 THE BEST FLAVORS FROM THE WILD GAME HERE. 293 00:26:54,052 --> 00:26:56,752 HE’S WORKED AT SOME OF THE FINEST RESTAURANTS IN NEW YORK 294 00:26:56,755 --> 00:26:59,391 AND LONDON. BUT HE CAME HOME TO APPLY HIS 295 00:26:59,391 --> 00:27:04,561 SKILLS TO TRADITIONAL, RUSTINC COOKING. 296 00:27:04,563 --> 00:27:07,199 THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM I RAN INTO HIM ON THE STREETS OF NEW 297 00:27:07,199 --> 00:27:09,899 YORK. HE WAS IN A BAD WAY. 298 00:27:09,902 --> 00:27:11,737 I’M KIDDING. THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO NOW. 299 00:27:11,737 --> 00:27:13,397 >> YES, YES. >> BUT I LOVE RABBIT. 300 00:27:13,405 --> 00:27:18,143 I COOK IT AT HOME A LOT. THE THING ABOUT RABBIT ‐‐ 301 00:27:18,143 --> 00:27:26,383 >> NO, NO. THIS RABBIT IS WILD. 302 00:27:26,385 --> 00:27:36,895 OKAY. WE PUT OLIVE OIL. 303 00:27:36,895 --> 00:27:47,105 GARLIC. OKAY. 304 00:27:47,105 --> 00:27:51,944 >> THE JUICE. I LIKE THAT YOU PUT THE GARLIC 305 00:27:51,944 --> 00:27:54,144 IN AS A WHOLE. >> YEAH. 306 00:27:54,146 --> 00:27:59,618 NOW WHITE WINE. >> AH. 307 00:27:59,618 --> 00:28:01,618 BEAUTIFUL. >> IT’S VERY SIMPLE. 308 00:28:01,620 --> 00:28:06,820 TOMATO, HERBS, GARLIC, WHITE WINE, OLIVE OIL. 309 00:28:06,825 --> 00:28:10,429 >> KNOWING HOW TO MAKE THE BEST OF WHAT YOU HAVE IS VITAL UP 310 00:28:10,429 --> 00:28:12,759 HERE. WHILE THE RABBIT COOKS, I NOTICE 311 00:28:12,764 --> 00:28:15,634 SOMETHING I’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 312 00:28:15,634 --> 00:28:20,038 THE NONA OF THE FAMILY, LORETTA, IS SHOWING HER GRANDCHILDREN HOW 313 00:28:20,038 --> 00:28:34,848 TO TIE TOMATOES TO LOCAL VINES 314 00:28:34,853 --> 00:28:40,559 . TODAY THE RESTAURANT IS CLOSED, 315 00:28:40,559 --> 00:28:43,228 BUT I’M HONORED TO BE INVITED TO FAMILY LUNCH. 316 00:28:43,228 --> 00:28:45,998 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE FAMILY HAS COME TOGETHER SINCE 317 00:28:45,998 --> 00:28:56,038 THEIR FATHER PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS YEAR DURING THE LOCKDOWN. 318 00:28:56,041 --> 00:29:01,211 IT’S AN EMOTIONAL TIME, BUT ALSO ONE OF CELEBRATION. 319 00:29:01,213 --> 00:29:04,383 OH, MY GOD! AS DELICIOUS AS THE FOOD IS, 320 00:29:04,383 --> 00:29:07,352 TRADITIONAL COOKING LIKE THIS ALSO TELLS YOU THE STORY OF A 321 00:29:07,352 --> 00:29:13,759 PLACE ‐‐ HOW THEY LIVED AND WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM. 322 00:29:13,759 --> 00:29:17,189 FOR AS LONG AS ANYONE CAN REMEMBER, THERE’S BEEN A STRICT 323 00:29:17,195 --> 00:29:32,010 HIERARCHY TO HOW ISCHIA’S RABBIT IS SERVED. 324 00:29:32,010 --> 00:29:47,360 >> WELL YOU’RE VERY KIND. THANK YOU. 325 00:29:55,834 --> 00:29:59,338 >> SADLY, IN THIS TRADITIONAL HIERARCHY, THE MOTHER OF THE 326 00:29:59,338 --> 00:30:12,148 FATHER IS LEFT WITH THE BONY NECK AND SKULL. 327 00:30:12,150 --> 00:30:15,320 TRADITIONAL FOOD LIKE THIS CONNECTS US AND MAKES US PART OF 328 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:25,860 A BIGGER STORY. THAT’S WHY, EVEN TODAY, FAMILIES 329 00:30:25,864 --> 00:30:30,434 ACROSS ISCHIA SIT DOWN EVERY SUNDAY TO ENJOY A RABBIT AND A 330 00:30:30,435 --> 00:30:33,705 POT TOGETHER 331 00:30:42,714 --> 00:30:48,754 >>> AS IF THE AWE INSPIRING MAJESTY OF THE VESUVIUS AND 332 00:30:48,754 --> 00:30:53,592 VOLCANIC ISLANDS ARE NOT ENOUGH, CAMPANIA HAS ONE FINAL CROWNING 333 00:30:53,592 --> 00:30:55,360 GLORY. JUST A HALF HOUR OUTSIDE OF 334 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:59,398 NAPLES SOME OF THE MOST FABLED LANDSCAPE ON EARTH BEGINS. 335 00:30:59,398 --> 00:31:02,467 IT IS THE BACKDROP FOR A THOUSAND ROMANTIC MOVIES AND 336 00:31:02,467 --> 00:31:07,367 ONCE IN A LIFETIME VACATIONS. AND HOME TO A RESTAURANT WHERE I 337 00:31:07,372 --> 00:31:13,712 HAD A SIMPLE ZUCCINI AND PASTA DISH THAT HONESTLY CHANGED MY 338 00:31:13,712 --> 00:31:16,012 LIFE. I’VE BEEN LONGING TO COME BACK. 339 00:31:16,014 --> 00:31:18,984 THE FAMILY HAD AGREED TO SHOW ME HOW IT’S DONE. 340 00:31:18,984 --> 00:31:22,421 MY WIFE HAS COME TO JOIN ME. AND WE ARE IN ONE OF THE MOST 341 00:31:22,421 --> 00:31:33,161 BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN THE WORLD. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? 342 00:31:33,165 --> 00:31:35,000 OKAY. SO THERE IS THIS ONCE IN A 343 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:38,600 DECADE STORM FORECAST AND EVERYONE IS TAKING SHELTER. 344 00:31:38,603 --> 00:31:42,373 THAT DOESN’T STOP THE MORNING DELIVERY COMING DOWN FROM THE 345 00:31:42,374 --> 00:31:47,744 FAMILY’S FARM UP IN THE HILLS. EVERY MORSEL GROWN BY THE 346 00:31:47,746 --> 00:31:49,714 FATHER. PRIDE OF PLACE THIS SEASON IS 347 00:31:49,714 --> 00:31:54,653 THE STAR OF MY FAVORITE DISH. ZUCCINI. 348 00:31:54,653 --> 00:31:58,690 THE FIRST TIME I HAD THIS DISH I INSINUATED MYSELF INTO THE 349 00:31:58,690 --> 00:32:03,790 KITCHEN TO WEEDLE OUT THE RECIPE FROM HIS DAUGHTER ANTONIA WHO 350 00:32:03,795 --> 00:32:06,865 RUNS THE PLACE. WE NOW MAKE IT AT HOME EVERY 351 00:32:06,865 --> 00:32:11,903 WEEK BUT IT IS NEVER AS GOOD. THE CHEF IS GIVING ME A MASTER 352 00:32:11,903 --> 00:32:13,972 CLASS. MY WIFE FELICITY HAS EVEN FLOWN 353 00:32:13,972 --> 00:32:17,409 IN TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT. >> WE CAME HERE TWO YEARS AGO. 354 00:32:17,409 --> 00:32:19,878 THIS IS THE REASON WE’RE IN THIS RESTAURANT. 355 00:32:19,878 --> 00:32:21,978 >> WE HAVE PLAED IT EVERY DAY SINCE. 356 00:32:21,980 --> 00:32:23,710 >> BASICALLY, PRACTICALLY EVERY DAY. 357 00:32:23,715 --> 00:32:25,617 >> IT’S A FAVORITE. AMAZING. 358 00:32:25,617 --> 00:32:28,787 >> WE LOVE THIS DISH. >> EVERYBODY ALWAYS THINKS THERE 359 00:32:28,787 --> 00:32:32,317 IS GARLIC IN IT OR ONION. JUST THE SWEETNESS OF THE 360 00:32:32,324 --> 00:32:33,692 ZUCCINI >> I KNOW. 361 00:32:33,692 --> 00:32:34,659 WAIT. HE PUT IT IN. 362 00:32:34,659 --> 00:32:37,459 >> WE MISSED IT. WE ARE SO UNPROFESSIONAL. 363 00:32:37,462 --> 00:32:43,502 >> THE CHOPPED ZUCCINI ARE FRIED IN SUN FLOWER OIL AND THAT’S OUR 364 00:32:43,502 --> 00:32:45,002 FIRST MISTAKE. WE NEED ABOUT THREE GALLONS MORE 365 00:32:45,003 --> 00:32:48,807 THAN WE’VE BEEN USING AT HOME. >> IT IS FRUSTRATING TO SEE HIM 366 00:32:48,807 --> 00:32:54,107 DO IT LIKE THIS WITH SUCH EASE WHEN WE HAVE BEEN LABORIOUSLY 367 00:32:54,112 --> 00:32:59,951 FRYING THEM IN A SMALL VESSEL. >> HOURS. 368 00:32:59,951 --> 00:33:04,221 LITERALLY HOURS U. >> ONCE FRIED, TOMASO LEAVES IT 369 00:33:04,222 --> 00:33:16,101 OVERNIGHT TO SOFTEN UP. >> I FEEL LIKE WE’VE BEEN DOING 370 00:33:16,101 --> 00:33:18,236 A LOT WRONG. >> WE’VE BEEN DOING IT ALL 371 00:33:18,236 --> 00:33:26,836 WRONG. >> TOMASO HEATS UP THE ZUCCINI. 372 00:33:26,845 --> 00:33:29,981 >> LOOK AT THAT AMAZING ‐‐ >> THAT’S BEAUTIFUL. 373 00:33:29,981 --> 00:33:36,721 >> FINALLY, A WHOLE INGREDIENT THEY DIDN’T EVEN TELL US ABOUT. 374 00:33:36,721 --> 00:33:40,021 >> BUTTER. I ASKED YOUR SISTER TWO YEARS 375 00:33:40,025 --> 00:33:44,262 AGO. I SAID, DO THEY PUT BUTTER? 376 00:33:44,262 --> 00:33:50,001 WHERE IS ANTONIA? >> YES, A LITTLE BIT OF BUTTER. 377 00:33:50,001 --> 00:33:54,539 >> YOU DIDN’T TELL ME THAT. I’M SO UPSET. 378 00:33:54,539 --> 00:34:04,709 NO, NO! I WON’T HOLD IT AGAINST YOU. 379 00:34:04,716 --> 00:34:06,184 >> OH, MY GOD. LOOK AT THAT. 380 00:34:06,184 --> 00:34:08,119 >> OKAY. MAYBE IT WASN’T DELIBERATE BUT 381 00:34:08,119 --> 00:34:12,958 THEN WHY WOULDN’T YOU WANT TO KEEP A RECIPE THIS GOOD TO 382 00:34:12,958 --> 00:34:14,488 YOURSELF? >> PEOPLE COME FROM ALL AROUND 383 00:34:14,492 --> 00:34:19,831 THE WORLD JUST FOR THAT. >> FOR THAT. 384 00:34:19,831 --> 00:34:23,831 THAT’S CRAZY. >> THIS IS TOO EXCITING. 385 00:34:23,835 --> 00:34:25,570 >> AMAZING. >> OH, MY GOD. 386 00:34:25,570 --> 00:34:32,310 LOOK AT THAT. >> 20 MINUTES OF ECSTASY. 387 00:34:32,310 --> 00:34:37,180 >> EVEN BETTER THAN I REMEMBER. SUCH A SIMPLE DISH. 388 00:34:37,182 --> 00:34:40,182 YOU MAKE IT SO BEAUTIFULLY. IT’S JUST ONE OF THE BEST THINGS 389 00:34:40,185 --> 00:34:43,822 I’VE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 390 00:34:43,822 --> 00:34:46,758 >> ANTONIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. 391 00:34:46,758 --> 00:34:49,058 LOOK AT THE WIND. >> THE SEA IS ALMOST BLACK AS 392 00:34:49,060 --> 00:34:55,467 WELL. >> WE’LL JUST BE INSIDE EATING. 393 00:34:55,467 --> 00:34:59,197 >> ANY OTHER DAY, THE SUN‐DRENCHED SPOT IS BUZZING 394 00:34:59,204 --> 00:35:01,840 WITH DINERS THRILLED TO BE EATING IN ONE OF THE MOST 395 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,540 BEAUTIFUL PLACES ON EARTH. BUT AS THE STORM CLOUDS ROLL IN 396 00:35:04,542 --> 00:35:09,312 FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE EXPECTED 397 00:35:09,314 --> 00:35:18,423 300 CUSTOMERS TODAY HAS CANCELED. 398 00:35:18,423 --> 00:35:21,760 BY EVENING, FELICITY, THE FILM CREW, AND I ARE THE ONLY GUESTS. 399 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,760 RATHER THAN ALLOW ALL THIS INCREDIBLE FOOD TO GO TO WASTE, 400 00:35:24,763 --> 00:35:29,801 THEY’RE MAKING A FEAST FOR ALL THE BRAVE SOULS STILL HERE. 401 00:35:29,801 --> 00:35:41,746 WHILE THE KITCHEN TEAM . 402 00:35:41,746 --> 00:35:45,976 WHILE THE TEAM WORKS SERENE ANY, THE FILM CREW HELPED ME CAPTURE 403 00:35:45,984 --> 00:35:50,254 SOME VIEWS OF THE FAMOUS AMALFI COAST YOU WON’T NORMALLY SEE ON 404 00:35:50,255 --> 00:36:01,700 A POSTCARD. >> ISN’T IT SO GORGEOUS? 405 00:36:01,700 --> 00:36:10,709 >> A TAIL THE SIZEHAIL THE SIZE LEMONS JUST CAME DOWN. 406 00:36:10,709 --> 00:36:12,939 HOLY ‐‐ YOU KNOW, I’VE HAD DREAMS ABOUT HAVING THIS PLACE 407 00:36:12,944 --> 00:36:16,814 ALL TO MYSELF, BEING BROUGHT PLATTERS OF BEANS, MUSHROOMS AND 408 00:36:16,815 --> 00:36:22,787 OLIVES FROM THE FAMILY FARM, FRIED SQUID, DUKE SCENE ANY 409 00:36:22,787 --> 00:36:28,487 FLOWERS BUT I DIDN’T EXPECT IT TO BE IN QUITE THESE 410 00:36:28,493 --> 00:36:31,262 CIRCUMSTANCES. HERE NATURE CAN BE CRUEL, BUT IT 411 00:36:31,262 --> 00:36:36,272 ALSO CAN BE VERY KIND INDEED 412 00:36:38,670 --> 00:36:46,610 ♪ >>> THE STORM HAS PASSED. 413 00:36:46,611 --> 00:36:50,248 THE NATURAL ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED, AND IT’S ANOTHER 414 00:36:50,248 --> 00:36:57,648 HEAVENLY DAY HERE ON THE AMALFI COAST. 415 00:36:57,655 --> 00:37:01,125 I’VE TRAVELED ALONG TO THE LITTLE TOWN OF VENURI, KNOWN FOR 416 00:37:01,126 --> 00:37:05,363 ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED DESSERTS IN ITALY, A BLAST OF SOUTHERN 417 00:37:05,363 --> 00:37:15,873 SUNSHINE IN A CREAMY LIGHT CAKE. IT’S CALLED DELICE A LEMLEMONI. 418 00:37:15,874 --> 00:37:23,614 AND TO MAKE IT, YOU HAVE TO HEAD FOR THE HILLS. 419 00:37:23,615 --> 00:37:31,189 [ SPEAKING ITALIAN ] >> UP IN THE LEMON GROVES ABOVE 420 00:37:31,189 --> 00:37:34,759 MINORI, I’M MEETING THE MAN WHO INTRODUCED THE UNIQUE AMALFIE 421 00:37:34,759 --> 00:37:41,099 LEMONS TO THE DESSERT, AND GAME ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PASTRY 422 00:37:41,099 --> 00:37:50,039 CHEFS IN ITALY, SAL. 423 00:38:08,593 --> 00:38:14,599 >> THESE LUCKY LEMONS ARE AN ANCIENT HYBRID OF BITTER AND 424 00:38:14,599 --> 00:38:15,999 SWEET CITRUS FRUITS, AND THE LOCALS PUT THEM IN EVERYTHING 425 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:23,640 THEY CAN. >> CHEERS. 426 00:38:23,641 --> 00:38:28,241 GRAZIE. 427 00:38:32,183 --> 00:38:36,588 >> WE HEAD DOWN TO SAL’S SHOP ON THE SHORE, WHERE EVERY YEAR 428 00:38:36,588 --> 00:38:39,218 THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS TAKE A BREAK FROM THE NATURAL WONDERS 429 00:38:39,224 --> 00:38:49,567 OF THE COAST TO GASP AT SOME MAN MADE CULINARY MARVELS. 430 00:38:49,567 --> 00:38:53,737 AT A TIME WHEN ITALIAN DESSERTS WERE DOMINATED BY NORTHERN AND 431 00:38:53,738 --> 00:38:58,008 FRENCH CREATIONS, SAL PUT THE SOUTH OF ITALY FIRMLY ON THE MAP 432 00:38:58,009 --> 00:39:01,239 BY CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF THIS PLACE IN ONE PARTICULAR CAKE, 433 00:39:01,246 --> 00:39:06,818 LEMON DELIGHT. SO WE KNOW WHERE THE LEMONS COME 434 00:39:06,818 --> 00:39:14,888 FROM, BUT HOW DO YOU GET THE DELIGHT? 435 00:39:14,893 --> 00:39:23,968 >> JESUS, ALL RIGHT. OF COURSE, CREAM. 436 00:39:23,968 --> 00:39:30,968 THREE CREAMS, IN FACT. AND FOR GOOD MEASURE, YOU FILL 437 00:39:30,975 --> 00:39:35,647 THE CAKE WITH CREAM. YOU TAKE IT RIGHT IN. 438 00:39:35,647 --> 00:39:37,147 >> SI. >> AND WHEN THE CREAMS ARE 439 00:39:37,148 --> 00:39:45,888 MIXED? YOU ADD MORE CREAM AND MORE 440 00:39:45,890 --> 00:39:46,557 CREAM. >> WHOA. 441 00:39:46,557 --> 00:39:54,997 >> AND MORE CREAM. A SPLASH OF LEMON LIQUEUR. 442 00:39:54,999 --> 00:40:05,276 >> OH MY GOD. BUT HOW DOES HE GET THAT 443 00:40:05,276 --> 00:40:14,316 DELICATE, SMOOTH COATING? NO. 444 00:40:14,319 --> 00:40:16,387 REALLY? I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO DO 445 00:40:16,387 --> 00:40:21,187 SOMETHING INCREDIBLY ELEGANT. A LITTLE SWIRL OF CREAM TO 446 00:40:21,192 --> 00:40:35,540 FINISH AND A PINCH OF AMALFIE LEMON ZEST. 447 00:40:35,540 --> 00:40:42,280 >> OKAY. OKAY. 448 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:45,010 IT’S OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. >> OKAY. 449 00:40:45,016 --> 00:40:54,525 >> AND I LOVE LEMON. I LOVE LEMON, BUT THAT’S LIKE ‐‐ 450 00:40:54,525 --> 00:41:03,267 LIKE ‐‐ ♪ >> WELL, WE’VE HAD COFFEE AND 451 00:41:03,267 --> 00:41:06,567 NOW DESSERT. SO WHAT BETTER WAY TO END MY 452 00:41:06,571 --> 00:41:14,679 JOURNEY TO CAMPANA WITH A GLASS OF LOCAL LIMONCELLO, MADE WITH 453 00:41:14,679 --> 00:41:25,989 AMALFIE LEMONS, OF COURSE. >> OKAY. 454 00:41:25,990 --> 00:41:30,260 >> OKAY. >> I’M SURE THAT MOST OF US HAVE 455 00:41:30,261 --> 00:41:33,331 HAD A SHOT OR THREE OF THIS WITH FRIENDS. 456 00:41:33,331 --> 00:41:36,567 PROBABLY AFTER GORGING ON CAMPAGNA’S OTHER GREAT 457 00:41:36,567 --> 00:41:38,967 CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD, PIZZA. 458 00:41:38,970 --> 00:41:42,006 WHEREVER WE ARE, THE FOOD OF THIS PLACE CAN’T HELP BUT BRING 459 00:41:42,006 --> 00:41:54,016 US TOGETHER. >> CHEERS.