1 00:00:08,315 --> 00:00:13,854 >>> SO BOLOGNA, I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 2 00:00:13,854 --> 00:00:17,824 VERY HAPPY TO BE BACK. THE PEOPLE OF BOLOGNA HAVE BEEN 3 00:00:17,824 --> 00:00:22,062 HIT HARD BY THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, BUT I HAVE ARRIVED IN 4 00:00:22,062 --> 00:00:31,071 A MOMENT OF BRIEF KNOW MALTEANOR BOLOGNA IS AN ANCIENT UNIVERSITY 5 00:00:31,071 --> 00:00:33,640 TOWN. THE OLDEST IN THE WESTERN WORLD, 6 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:39,746 BROUGHT TO LIFE BY STUDENTS FLAUNTING THEIR YOUTH. 7 00:00:39,746 --> 00:00:52,486 THIS BREAD, IT’S AN OF A. SOME BOLD SOULS WHISPER THIS IS 8 00:00:52,492 --> 00:00:55,092 THE BEST IN ITALY. >> SMELL, SMELL, SMELL. 9 00:00:55,095 --> 00:00:56,997 THE SMELL SOMETHING UNBELIEVABLE. 10 00:00:56,997 --> 00:01:00,667 >> I AM STANLEY TUCCI. I AM ITALIAN ON BOTH SIDES AND I 11 00:01:00,667 --> 00:01:03,537 AM TRAVELING ACROSS ITALY TO DISCOVER HOW THE FOOD IN EACH OF 12 00:01:03,537 --> 00:01:08,137 THIS COUNTRY’S 20 REGIONS IS AS UNIQUE AS THE PEOPLE AND THEIR 13 00:01:08,141 --> 00:01:12,211 PAST. >> ANGER, RELIGION AND DEATH. 14 00:01:12,212 --> 00:01:17,882 IT HAS EVERYTHING IN IT. I AM HERE TO DISCOVER WHY THIS 15 00:01:17,884 --> 00:01:21,722 IS HOME TO THE GASTRIC SUPERSTARS OF THE NATION’S FOOD. 16 00:01:21,722 --> 00:01:31,962 >> THIS IS MADE WITH LOVE. >> AND HOW ANPEOPLE HERE REALLY 17 00:01:31,965 --> 00:01:35,435 KNOW HOW TO WAIT FOR THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE. 18 00:01:35,435 --> 00:01:40,240 >> SLOW, SLOWLY, SLOWLY ARRIVE AT THE POINT OF EXCELLENCE. 19 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,040 >> RIGHT. >> AND BECAUSE WE’VE WAITED ‐‐ 20 00:01:43,043 --> 00:01:45,979 >> 25 YEARS. >> WOW, REALLY IS GOOD. 21 00:01:45,979 --> 00:01:47,909 OH, MY GOD. I DON’T HAVE TO. 22 00:01:47,914 --> 00:01:51,752 SO GOOD. IT’S JUST ONE OF THE MOST 23 00:01:51,752 --> 00:02:05,662 DELICIOUS THINGS ON EARTH. FOR A GREEDY MAN, THIS PLACE IS 24 00:02:05,666 --> 00:02:14,007 THE GIGANTIC DELI OF MY DREAMS. BUT DON’T FRET, I HAVE THE MA 25 00:02:14,007 --> 00:02:30,487 METABOLISM OF A TEENAGER. THE CAPITOL OF BOLOGNA, IT’S 26 00:02:30,490 --> 00:02:32,659 COCOONED BETWEEN THE ADRIANIC SEA. 27 00:02:32,659 --> 00:02:42,369 NO WONDER, IT’S ALSO BRED ONE OF THE WORLD’S BEST CHEFS. 28 00:02:42,369 --> 00:02:45,138 BUCKLE UP. I KNOW YOU CAN ONLY SEE A BLUR 29 00:02:45,138 --> 00:02:52,538 WITH GLASSES, BUT THAT’S ME IN THE CAR TEARING AROUND THE ROADS 30 00:02:52,546 --> 00:02:58,585 OF THE PROVENCE IN THE TENDER CARE OF A MAN THAT LIKES FAST 31 00:02:58,585 --> 00:03:03,356 CARS, SLOW FOOD. HE’S GOT THREE OF THEM. 32 00:03:03,356 --> 00:03:06,486 >> NEXT TIME DO IT FASTER. >> I LOVE THIS PLACE. 33 00:03:06,493 --> 00:03:11,963 >> HE’S TAKING ME BEHIND THE SCENES TO THE DAIRY, WHICH IS 34 00:03:11,965 --> 00:03:19,740 ABOUT 30 MILES OUTSIDE BOLOGNA. I’M PLAYING IT COOL. 35 00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:24,478 >> WHOA. REALLY? 36 00:03:24,478 --> 00:03:26,608 JESUS CHRIST! >> THIS IS WHERE HE HAS BEEN 37 00:03:26,613 --> 00:03:41,862 COMING TO GET HIS BELOVED PARMGANO. 38 00:03:41,862 --> 00:03:47,832 THIS IS A VERY, VERY SMALL PRODUCTION, AND EXTREMELY HIGH 39 00:03:47,834 --> 00:03:52,839 QUALITY. >> MILK IS KING HERE. 40 00:03:52,839 --> 00:03:59,339 THE WHITE COWS ARE UNIQUE TO THE VALLEY OF THE RIVER POE THAT 41 00:03:59,346 --> 00:04:07,821 RUNS THROUGH THIS REGION. >> IT’S LIKE A MAGIC ACT. 42 00:04:07,821 --> 00:04:17,361 >> THEY INVENTED THIS. >> 3, 2, 1. 43 00:04:17,364 --> 00:04:18,364 OPEN. >> SMELL IT. 44 00:04:18,365 --> 00:04:21,601 SMELL IT. THE SMELLING IS UNBELIEVABLE. 45 00:04:21,601 --> 00:04:37,121 THE SMELL IS UNBELIEVABLE. >> OH, MY GOD. 46 00:04:42,856 --> 00:04:49,329 THAT’S TOO MUCH. WOW. 47 00:04:49,329 --> 00:04:51,159 >> [ BLEEP ]. >> I MEAN, YES. 48 00:04:51,164 --> 00:04:58,872 GENO IS UP AT 5:00 A. M., POURING THE MILK IN THE COPPER VATS, AND 49 00:04:58,872 --> 00:05:01,341 RUNNING THEM SALT BATHS THAT LAST FOR 19 DAYS. 50 00:05:01,341 --> 00:05:07,848 >> YOU HAVE TO LOVE THE INGREDIENTS. 51 00:05:07,848 --> 00:05:21,628 YOU HAVE TO KAUCARESS THEM. >> WHAT I’M GOING TO DO WITH 52 00:05:21,628 --> 00:05:24,028 YOU. YOU ARE JUST BORN. 53 00:05:24,030 --> 00:05:27,300 THIS IS THE CHEESE OF THIS MORNING. 54 00:05:27,300 --> 00:05:28,900 TASTE IT. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. 55 00:05:28,902 --> 00:05:36,676 IT’S SO GOOD. IT’S LIKE ‐‐ IT’S LIKE A 56 00:05:36,676 --> 00:05:38,906 MOZZARELLA, NO? >> YEAH. 57 00:05:38,912 --> 00:05:39,980 >> LESS INTENSE. >> SO GOOD. 58 00:05:39,980 --> 00:05:51,020 OH, MY GOD. >> 550 LITTERSERS OF MILK SUPPRE 59 00:05:51,024 --> 00:05:56,229 INTO THIS EVERY MORNING. >> THE WHITE COWS WERE NEARLY 60 00:05:56,229 --> 00:06:03,737 FORSAKEN FOR THE UTTERS OF FOREIGN COWS. 61 00:06:03,737 --> 00:06:06,197 >> HOW LONG WILL YOU AGE THIS? >> 36 MONTHS. 62 00:06:06,206 --> 00:06:12,212 40, AND 50. >> ONE OF HIS ICONIC DISHES IS 63 00:06:12,212 --> 00:06:20,020 FIVE AGES, WHICH IS, AS THE NAME SUGGESTS, A LOVE LETTER TO THIS 64 00:06:20,020 --> 00:06:24,157 CHEESE. >> IN MY MIND IT WAS MY IDEA OF 65 00:06:24,157 --> 00:06:29,957 EXPRESSING WITH ONE INGREDIENT. ACTUALLY THE INGREDIENTS WERE 66 00:06:29,963 --> 00:06:35,568 TWO, PARMESAN AND TIME. >> YEAH. 67 00:06:35,568 --> 00:06:38,068 TIME. >> WAIT, WAIT, GROW SLOW LIKE A 68 00:06:38,071 --> 00:06:40,071 TREE. >> IT JUST GETS MORE INTENSE ‐‐ 69 00:06:40,073 --> 00:06:44,043 >> YEAH, MORE AND MORE PLEASURE. >> THE PEOPLE HERE HAVE 70 00:06:44,044 --> 00:06:48,414 PERFECTED THE AGING PROCESS TO CREATE ICONIC PRODUCTS FROM 71 00:06:48,415 --> 00:06:52,619 SIMPLE QUALITY INGREDIENTS, AND NOTHING IS WASTED. 72 00:06:52,619 --> 00:07:03,229 GENO WILL USE THE LIQUID WAY TO PRODUCE RISOTTO. 73 00:07:03,229 --> 00:07:05,498 IF YOU ARE FEELING HUNGRY ALREADY, YOU MAY WANT TO CLOSE 74 00:07:05,498 --> 00:07:19,208 YOUR EYES AT THIS POINT. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 75 00:07:19,212 --> 00:07:21,412 >> I KNOW. I KNOW. 76 00:07:21,414 --> 00:07:26,920 >> OH, MY GOD. IT’S SO FRESH THAT YOU CAN TASTE 77 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:36,696 THE GRASS AND HERBS THE COWS HAVE EATON.EN. 78 00:07:36,696 --> 00:07:39,356 >> IT’S SO GOOD. IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE A 79 00:07:39,366 --> 00:07:48,208 CHILD. >> MAMA MIA. 80 00:07:48,208 --> 00:07:52,808 >> I HAVE NEVER HAD IT LIKE THAT, NO. 81 00:07:52,812 --> 00:07:54,012 JESUS. PUT THAT IN MY CAR. 82 00:07:54,014 --> 00:08:13,400 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> HE IS WHISK ME BACK TO THE 83 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,300 OUTSKIRTS. BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC HIS TEAM 84 00:08:15,301 --> 00:08:20,407 LED BY CANADIAN CHEF JESSICA HAS GOTTEN USED TO COOKING OUTSIDE. 85 00:08:20,407 --> 00:08:26,077 >> THE CUT THAT WE HAVE THIS MORNING IS GOING IN THERE, 86 00:08:26,079 --> 00:08:30,216 BURNING PIZZA HEAVEN, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE AGGRESSIVE COOKING 87 00:08:30,216 --> 00:08:35,586 TO GET THE CRUNCHINESS ON TOP. >> INGREDIENTS THIS GOOD. 88 00:08:35,588 --> 00:08:39,718 SIMPLICITY IS KEY. LOCAL WOOD IS PILED HIGH IN THE 89 00:08:39,726 --> 00:08:56,743 HOT OVEN, AND THE RAWIS STACKED HIGH. 90 00:08:56,743 --> 00:08:59,212 >> A LITTLE BIT OF FIRE AND THAT’S IT. 91 00:08:59,212 --> 00:09:05,618 >> YOU TRAINED WITH HIM, AND DID YOU KNOW ITALIAN BEFORE? 92 00:09:05,618 --> 00:09:12,158 >> NO, I WAS WITH THE COOKS SO I WAS PRETTY MUCH SAYING BAD WORDS 93 00:09:12,158 --> 00:09:18,158 THE WHOLE TIME. >> ALMOST READY TO TASTE, HUH? 94 00:09:18,164 --> 00:09:23,970 >> OH, WITH THE BALSAMIC. OH, COME ON. 95 00:09:23,970 --> 00:09:26,539 THIS IS LIKE THE CRUNCHY PART OF THE LASAGNA. 96 00:09:26,539 --> 00:09:30,439 THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME. >> THAT EVERYBODY FIGHTS OVER. 97 00:09:30,443 --> 00:09:31,411 >> YEAH. THAT’S BEAUTIFUL. 98 00:09:31,411 --> 00:09:43,756 BEAUTIFUL. >> OH, MY GOD. 99 00:09:43,756 --> 00:09:46,556 >> IT’S SO GOOD. >> YOU CAN’T STOP EATING THIS 100 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:50,429 KIND OF STUFF. >> IT’S ALMOST A DESSERT, HUH? 101 00:09:50,430 --> 00:09:55,030 >> THE VINEGAR WITH THE HONEY. OH, WOW. 102 00:09:55,034 --> 00:10:00,814 WOW. THAT’S DELICIOUS. 103 00:10:12,752 --> 00:10:17,657 >>> BOLOGNA IS THE POSTER CHILD FOR LIBERAL ITALY. 104 00:10:17,657 --> 00:10:19,817 IMAGINE SAN FRANCISCO AND YOU’RE IN THE BALLPARK. 105 00:10:19,826 --> 00:10:24,797 THE CITY IS FAMOUSLY KNOWN AS THE FAT FOR ITS RICH FOOD, THE 106 00:10:24,797 --> 00:10:31,567 WISE FOR THE UNIVERSITY, AND THE RED FOR ITS LEFTIST POLITICS. 107 00:10:31,571 --> 00:10:36,641 I HAVE COME TO MEET ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE SARDINES 108 00:10:36,643 --> 00:10:40,480 MOVEMENT, THAT’S A REBEL ALLIANCE BY THE WAY, NOT 109 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:44,850 SOMETHING BAD THAT HAPPENS AFTER EATING TOO MUCH OILY FISH. 110 00:10:44,851 --> 00:10:49,189 HE IS A POLITICAL HERO AND HE LOVES FOOD. 111 00:10:49,189 --> 00:10:55,528 >> NICE TO MEET YOU. >> THE SARDINES MOBILIZED WHEN 112 00:10:55,528 --> 00:10:59,628 RIGHT WING POLITICIANS CAMPAIGNED HERE IN THE WINTER OF 113 00:10:59,632 --> 00:11:12,712 2019 DURING REGIONAL AE REGIONAL >> IT WAS LAST NOVEMBER, HE WAS 114 00:11:12,712 --> 00:11:19,752 LAUNCHING THE CAMPAIGN AND HE IS FROM BOLOGNA, AND WE SAID LET’S 115 00:11:19,752 --> 00:11:26,222 ORGANIZE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND SO WE FOUND OUT THE TRICK 116 00:11:26,226 --> 00:11:32,332 WAS THE SAL DEANSRDINES, YOU NEE LIKE SARDINES, BE CROWDED LIKE 117 00:11:32,332 --> 00:11:37,802 SARDINES, AND WE WANTED, LIKE, 6,000 PEOPLE TO BE IN THE MIDDLE 118 00:11:37,804 --> 00:11:41,574 OF THE SQUARE. FINALLY THE 20,000 PEOPLE CAME. 119 00:11:41,574 --> 00:11:45,511 >> 20,000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP? >> YEAH. 120 00:11:45,511 --> 00:11:48,711 JESUS. >> AND THE PICTURE OF THE SQUARE 121 00:11:48,715 --> 00:11:51,017 CROWD WAS THE MOST FAMOUS PICTURE OF THE DAY. 122 00:11:51,017 --> 00:11:58,587 >> IT REALLY CREATE ADDD A MOVEM IT WAS FROM THE FAR SOUTH TO THE 123 00:11:58,591 --> 00:12:00,021 NORTH. >> AND THEN HE ‐‐ 124 00:12:00,026 --> 00:12:03,796 >> HE LOST THE ELECTIONS. >> WILL YOU GO INTO POLITICS? 125 00:12:03,796 --> 00:12:09,266 >> I DON’T THINK SO BECAUSE I DRESS LIKE A NORMAL GUY, AND MY 126 00:12:09,269 --> 00:12:13,139 HAIR IS DISASTROUS. >> I CAN’T HELP THINKING THAT 127 00:12:13,139 --> 00:12:19,309 THIS DASHING ITALIAN MAN IS TOO MODEST, BUT IT’S LUNCHTIME AND 128 00:12:19,312 --> 00:12:22,148 HE KNOWS THE BEST DELI IN TOWN, SO I’M SAYING NOTHING. 129 00:12:22,148 --> 00:12:27,587 >> OH, MY GOD. IF ONE GOES TO HEAVEN, THIS IS 130 00:12:27,587 --> 00:12:33,287 PROBABLY IT. ALL RIGHT, LET’S GO GET SOME. 131 00:12:33,293 --> 00:12:36,529 WE’RE HONING IN ON THE COLD CUTS. 132 00:12:36,529 --> 00:12:39,229 ONE CAN’T HAVE TOO MUCH IN THIS LIFE. 133 00:12:39,232 --> 00:12:46,302 THIS CITY HAS BEEN A MULTICULTURAL PHEPLTING 134 00:12:46,306 --> 00:12:48,441 MULTICULTURAL MELTING POT, AND THIS PORK SAUSAGE HAS GERMAN 135 00:12:48,441 --> 00:12:52,979 INFLUENCES BAKED INTO IT. >> IT’S A LOT. 136 00:12:52,979 --> 00:12:57,079 BUT I AM STARVING AND YOU ARE STARVING, TOO. 137 00:12:57,083 --> 00:13:07,226 >> SPIKED WITH PEPPERCORNS, AND THERE’S POLKA DOTS OF SWEET FAT 138 00:13:07,226 --> 00:13:15,366 FROM PIG’S THROATS. BACK IN THE 17th CENTURY, THIS 139 00:13:15,368 --> 00:13:20,538 WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROTECTIVE PRODUCTS WITH AN OFFICIAL DEGREE 140 00:13:20,540 --> 00:13:30,516 FROM THE CHURCH, OUTLINING THE RECIPE AND INGREDIENTS. 141 00:13:30,516 --> 00:13:32,646 THIS DATES BACK TO THE 15th CENTURY. 142 00:13:32,652 --> 00:13:36,152 >> REALLY? >> YOU COULD BUY WINE, BUT NOT 143 00:13:36,155 --> 00:13:38,858 FOOD. IT WAS ONLY TO MEET PEOPLE, THEY 144 00:13:38,858 --> 00:13:42,658 PLAYED CARDS AND TALKED ABOUT POLITICS. 145 00:13:42,662 --> 00:13:55,172 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> THAT’S SO GOOD. 146 00:13:55,174 --> 00:14:01,647 THAT’S WHAT GAVE BIRTH TO BOLOGNA. 147 00:14:01,647 --> 00:14:06,377 IT’S ALSO KNOWN AS BOLOGNA SAUSAGE, AND GIVE ME THE 148 00:14:06,386 --> 00:14:09,989 ORIGINAL ANY DAY. IT’S SO SILKY, GARLICKY AND 149 00:14:09,989 --> 00:14:16,329 SWEET. >> I LOVE IT. 150 00:14:16,329 --> 00:14:23,299 FOOD AND POLITICS GO HAND AND HAND FOR HIM AND HIS SARDINES, 151 00:14:23,302 --> 00:14:28,408 AND THEY ARE NOW VOLUNTEERING TO FEED THE CITY’S MOST VULNERABLE 152 00:14:28,408 --> 00:14:37,678 DURING THE PANDEMIC. ROWTINI IS THE FOUNDER OF THESE 153 00:14:37,683 --> 00:14:47,160 KITCHENS. >> OH, WOW. 154 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:51,898 >> FRESH EGG PASTA MADE FROM SOFT WHEAT IS A GREAT SPECIALTY 155 00:14:51,898 --> 00:14:57,298 IN THIS REGION. TORT 156 00:14:57,303 --> 00:15:03,373 THESE TORTELLINI HAS BEEN FEEDING THIS GROUP FOR OVER 500 157 00:15:03,376 --> 00:15:12,418 YEARS. FOOD AND LOVE COMBINE AS 158 00:15:12,418 --> 00:15:17,788 VOLUNTEERS TAKE SUPERMARKET DONATIONS AND WHIP THEM UP INTO 159 00:15:17,790 --> 00:15:28,930 LITTLE PARCELS OF JOY, AND THE SMELL IS INCREDIBLE. 160 00:15:28,935 --> 00:15:43,515 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE 161 00:15:43,516 --> 00:16:17,016 ] DEMAND HAS DOUBLED SINCE THE 162 00:16:17,016 --> 00:16:18,446 PANDEMIC. THERE ARE DAILY TAKEOUTS FOR 500 163 00:16:18,451 --> 00:16:22,088 PEOPLE. >> YOU ARE? 164 00:16:22,088 --> 00:16:50,448 >> ELSA. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE 165 00:16:50,449 --> 00:17:08,267 ] >> GOOD FOOD IS SOMETHING THAT 166 00:17:08,267 --> 00:17:16,567 JUST MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER, AND IT’S THE KEY TO GOOD 167 00:17:28,554 --> 00:17:33,124 >>> YOU HAVE SUCH GOOD TASTE IN CLOTHING. 168 00:17:33,125 --> 00:17:42,768 >> I’M ON THE TRAIL OF ANOTHER AS STRAW 169 00:17:42,768 --> 00:17:47,907 AS TRAU AS 170 00:17:47,907 --> 00:17:48,707 AS SUPERSTAR. 171 00:17:48,708 --> 00:17:53,878 THIS IS NOT JUST ANY VINEGAR. IT’S BLACK GOLD. 172 00:17:53,879 --> 00:17:59,249 >> CLAUDIA, IS IT YOUR FAMILY ‐‐ >> IT’S ACTUALLY MY FAMILY. 173 00:17:59,251 --> 00:18:02,388 >> WHAT YEAR IS THAT? >> 1605. 174 00:18:02,388 --> 00:18:07,088 >> MORE THAN 400 YEARS. >> INCREDIBLE. 175 00:18:07,093 --> 00:18:15,233 >> YES, THIS FAMILY HAS BEEN MAKING VINEGAR SINCE 1605, WHEN 176 00:18:15,234 --> 00:18:29,348 THE MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS WERE STILL IN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 177 00:18:29,348 --> 00:18:33,348 THEY TURN MORE EASILY INTO VINEGAR THAN FINE WINE. 178 00:18:33,352 --> 00:18:38,357 >> I KEEP HEARING IT’S A TRAIT WHERE YOU TAKE SOMETHING THAT IS 179 00:18:38,357 --> 00:18:42,227 NOT QUITE WHAT IT SHOULD BE AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING SPECIAL. 180 00:18:42,228 --> 00:18:46,198 >> YEAH, IT BECOMES EVEN SUPER SPECIAL. 181 00:18:46,198 --> 00:18:49,898 >> LET’S GO AND LOOK AT THEM. >> BUT WE’RE NOT HEADING DOWN TO 182 00:18:49,902 --> 00:18:56,809 A DAMP WINE CELLAR, WE ARE HEADED UPSTAIRS TO AN ATTIC, THE 183 00:18:56,809 --> 00:19:01,047 TRADITIONAL PLACE TO AGING VINEGARS, SO THEY ARE EXPOSED TO 184 00:19:01,047 --> 00:19:09,617 CHANGING TEMPERATURES. THIS SAYS FROM 1600. 185 00:19:09,622 --> 00:19:19,598 >> YEAH, THE OLDER THE BETTER. BALSAMIC VINEGAR, IT WILL BE 186 00:19:19,598 --> 00:19:23,898 EATON EATEN UP, AND SO IN EACH OF 187 00:19:23,903 --> 00:19:28,741 THESE THERE’S LIQUID FROM 250 YEARS AGO. 188 00:19:28,741 --> 00:19:33,811 YOU WILL FIND YOUR OWN BALANCE WITH THE TASTE, AND THAT’S 189 00:19:33,813 --> 00:19:39,351 HANDED DOWN FOR GENERATIONS. >> THAT’S INCREDIBLE. 190 00:19:39,351 --> 00:19:46,321 >> THIS TOOL, IT’S ACTUALLY MOVING FROM VINEGAR FROM THE 191 00:19:46,325 --> 00:19:52,198 FIRST TO THE SECOND. >> HE IS PLAYING THE WISE 192 00:19:52,198 --> 00:19:56,198 VINEGAR TASTER. >> YEAH, THE THICKNESS ‐‐ 193 00:19:56,202 --> 00:20:04,376 >> YEAH, IT’S LIKE A RUBY RED. YEAH. 194 00:20:04,376 --> 00:20:13,146 >> LET’S DRINK. OR LET’S TASTE. 195 00:20:13,152 --> 00:20:15,588 I’VE CRACKED. ENOUGH OF THE HISTORY. 196 00:20:15,588 --> 00:20:23,928 LET’S DO IT. I AM THIRSTY FOR VINEGAR. 197 00:20:23,929 --> 00:20:24,897 YOU ACTUALLY TASTE ON IT A SPOON. 198 00:20:24,897 --> 00:20:33,167 THE FLAVOR IS VERY LONG IN YOUR MOUTH. 199 00:20:33,172 --> 00:20:37,877 >> OH, THAT REALLY IS GOOD. >> YOU TASTED THE KING OF THE 200 00:20:37,877 --> 00:20:41,247 VINEGARS, 25 YEARS OLD, AND YOU IMAGINE ONE LITER OF THIS, YOU 201 00:20:41,247 --> 00:20:54,627 NEED TO START WITH 100 KILOS OF GRAPES. 202 00:20:54,627 --> 00:20:59,757 >> WHOA. IT’S SOFT AND SWEET. 203 00:20:59,765 --> 00:21:02,802 AND ACIDY. EVERYTHING. 204 00:21:02,802 --> 00:21:06,202 I REMEMBER WHEN IT STARTED TO BECOME POPULAR AND PEOPLE WERE 205 00:21:06,205 --> 00:21:08,774 USING IT ON EVERYTHING, ON ACTUALLY TOO MANY THINGS. 206 00:21:08,774 --> 00:21:16,614 >> NEVER TOO MANY. >> TRADITIONAL BALSAMIC VINEGAR 207 00:21:16,615 --> 00:21:24,223 IS JUST ONE OF THE STAGGERING 44 PROTECTED FOOD PRODUCTS IN 208 00:21:24,223 --> 00:21:25,758 AMELIA. THIS PLACE HAS MORE THAN ANY 209 00:21:25,758 --> 00:21:31,197 OTHER REGION IN ITALY. HOW ARE THEY EFFORTLESSLY 210 00:21:31,197 --> 00:21:36,497 PRODUCING ALL OF THESE DELICACIES. 211 00:21:36,502 --> 00:21:43,909 TO FIND OUT I AM HEADING TO THE HILLS TO MEET MY FRIEND AGAIN. 212 00:21:43,909 --> 00:21:49,648 WHAT DO YOU HAVE? >> AND HIS WIFE, WHO RUNS THEIR 213 00:21:49,648 --> 00:21:52,478 INCREDIBLE RESTAURANT. >> MANY DIFFERENT INGREDIENTS 214 00:21:52,484 --> 00:21:54,787 COME OUT OF WHAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE IN YOUR BACKYARD. 215 00:21:54,787 --> 00:21:56,717 >> RIGHT. >> TO DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF 216 00:21:56,722 --> 00:22:04,462 WHY WHY THIS AREA IS FAMOUSLY KNOWN AS FOOD VALLEY. 217 00:22:04,463 --> 00:22:11,103 THE POE RIVER IS THE LONGEST IN ITALY AND ITS FERTILE FLOOD 218 00:22:11,103 --> 00:22:23,913 PLAIN HAS MADE THIS A POWERHOUSE. 219 00:22:23,916 --> 00:22:34,627 >> IT’S HAZY TODAY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PLACE LIKE 220 00:22:34,627 --> 00:22:38,197 PARMA, THE CROSS WIND BLOWS ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE VALLEY AND 221 00:22:38,197 --> 00:22:42,567 THE VALLEY HEADS OUT TO THE SEA AND CREATES A MICROCLIMATE. 222 00:22:42,568 --> 00:22:46,968 >> IT’S ABOUT THE FOG. OH, FOG. 223 00:22:46,972 --> 00:22:52,411 THANKS TO YOU. >> THE FOG AND HUMIDITY MAKES 224 00:22:52,411 --> 00:23:02,521 THE DIFFERENCE IN ALL OF THIS. THE HUMIDITY THAT COMES FROM 225 00:23:02,521 --> 00:23:07,426 THIS, AND IT’S COOL BUT NOT TOO COOL AND IT CREATES THE PERFECT 226 00:23:07,426 --> 00:23:10,926 MICROCLIMATE. >> EVEN THE REGION’S BELOVED 227 00:23:10,930 --> 00:23:17,536 FRESH PASTA IS EXPLAINED BY THE HUMID CLIMATE, WHICH MEANS SOFT 228 00:23:17,536 --> 00:23:21,236 WHEAT CAN GROW HERE. >> IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN GOD 229 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:31,817 YOU BELIEVE IN TORTELLINI. YOU UNDERSTAND, IT’S LIKE A RAW 230 00:23:31,817 --> 00:23:34,947 RELIGION. >> HE’S OBSESSIVE ABOUT THE 231 00:23:34,954 --> 00:23:36,989 LOCAL FOODS THAT SHAPED HIS CHILDHOOD. 232 00:23:36,989 --> 00:23:42,628 >> IF YOU CHECK MY BLOOD, THERE’S BALSAMIC VINEGAR, AND IN 233 00:23:42,628 --> 00:23:46,498 THE SUMMER IT’S ALIVE, AND IN THE WINTER IT GOATS TO THE VAT 234 00:23:46,498 --> 00:23:50,998 AND IT STAYS THERE AND RELAXES FOR SIX MONTHS AND THEN THE 235 00:23:51,003 --> 00:23:55,240 SPRING IS COMING AND IT’S GETTING TO LIFE AGAIN AND AGAIN 236 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:59,640 AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, SLOW, SLOWLY, SLOWLY ARRIVE AT A POINT 237 00:23:59,645 --> 00:24:01,447 OF EXCELLENCE. >> RIGHT. 238 00:24:01,447 --> 00:24:11,056 >> SO THE FOOD OF AMELIA CAN ONLY BE MADE HERE BECAUSE OF THE 239 00:24:11,056 --> 00:24:14,226 UNIQUE 240 00:24:32,978 --> 00:24:35,778 >>> THIS IS THE LAND OF PIGS, BEAUTIFUL PIGS. 241 00:24:35,781 --> 00:24:42,251 I HAVE COME TO THE SECOND BIGGEST CITY IN THE REGION, 242 00:24:42,254 --> 00:24:47,059 PARMA, AND THESE PIGS ARE USED TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT I COULD 243 00:24:47,059 --> 00:24:57,536 NEVER RESIST. I DIDN’T KNOW THERE WERE THIS 244 00:24:57,536 --> 00:25:00,766 MANY PIGS IN THE WORLD. THERE AREN’T ANY MORE. 245 00:25:00,773 --> 00:25:08,013 THIS IS A SHRINE TO PIGGY’S PAST, AND FOR SOMETHING SO 246 00:25:08,013 --> 00:25:23,662 HEAVENLY, THIS HAM HAS IT’S OWN GUARDIAN ANGELS. 247 00:25:23,662 --> 00:25:29,468 I HAVE JOINED THE HAM QUALITY INSPECTORS. 248 00:25:29,468 --> 00:25:47,848 EVEN MY NOSTRILS ARE SALIVATING. SALT IS THE ONLY PRESERVATIVE 249 00:25:47,853 --> 00:25:58,530 ALLOWED FOR THEM TO AGE. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 250 00:25:58,530 --> 00:26:07,970 >> THEY ARE SKEWING THE HAMS TO CHECK FOR QUALITY. 251 00:26:07,973 --> 00:26:18,183 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> THIS MAY SEEM LIKE THE BEST 252 00:26:18,183 --> 00:26:21,553 JOB IN THE WORLD, BUT IT’S ALSO DEADLY SERIOUS. 253 00:26:21,553 --> 00:26:26,658 DNA TESTS ARE NOW MANDATORY TO CHECK THE PEDIGREE OF THE PIGS 254 00:26:26,658 --> 00:26:29,058 BECAUSE OF WIDE‐SPREAD CORRUPTION. 255 00:26:29,061 --> 00:26:47,880 BACK IN 2017, A CRIMINAL RACKET WAS EXPOSED, HUSTLING FAKE HAMS. 256 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:54,350 THE INDUSTRY IS STILL REELING FROM THE SCANDAL. 257 00:26:54,353 --> 00:26:57,823 NICE TO MEET YOU. >> NICE TO MEET YOU, TOO. 258 00:26:57,823 --> 00:27:01,160 >> I AM MEETING AN ITALIAN JOURNALIST THAT BROUGHT THE 259 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:07,900 STORY OF THE BIGGEST FOOD FRAUD IN THE NATION’S HISTORY TO TV 260 00:27:07,900 --> 00:27:09,868 SCREENS. >> IT’S WHAT SHOULD BE 261 00:27:09,868 --> 00:27:13,698 PROTECTED. >> TELL ME EVERYTHING. 262 00:27:13,705 --> 00:27:21,213 >> BREEDERS ‐‐ >> WHY THE DANISH PIGS? 263 00:27:21,213 --> 00:27:26,451 >> BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE PIGLETS AND THE SECOND REASON IS 264 00:27:26,451 --> 00:27:31,156 THEY PRODUCE MORE MEAT. BREEDERS HAVE LARGER MARGINS OF 265 00:27:31,156 --> 00:27:36,186 PROFITS, AND THE PRODUCT COSTS AT LEAST TWICE MORE THAN A 266 00:27:36,195 --> 00:27:38,564 NORMAL PRODUCT. >> UNDER THE STRICT RULES OF 267 00:27:38,564 --> 00:27:44,469 THIS PROTECTED PRODUCT, THE PIGS MUST BE OF PURE ITALIAN BLOOD 268 00:27:44,469 --> 00:27:48,739 STOCK. >> THEY WERE JUST CHEATING? 269 00:27:48,740 --> 00:27:54,980 >> JUST CHEATING, YES, AND ALSO COMPROMISE THOSE WHO ARE STILL 270 00:27:54,980 --> 00:27:57,149 PRODUCING TO THE TRADITIONAL RULES. 271 00:27:57,149 --> 00:28:00,079 >> WAS THERE ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT BLUE THE WHISTLE? 272 00:28:00,085 --> 00:28:04,055 >> WE HAD A SOURCE, AND THEN WE STARTED A RESEARCH. 273 00:28:04,056 --> 00:28:06,558 >> HOW MANY DIFFERENT BREEDERS WERE DOING THIS? 274 00:28:06,558 --> 00:28:11,396 >> DOZENS OF BREEDERS. >> DOZENS OF THEM? 275 00:28:11,396 --> 00:28:12,596 WOW THAT WOW. 276 00:28:12,598 --> 00:28:20,668 >> YES. >> ONE OF PARMA’S DELI OWNERS. 277 00:28:20,672 --> 00:28:26,812 BUT WILL I, A DEVOTED FOODIE KNOW A FAKE SIDE BY SIDE WITH 278 00:28:26,812 --> 00:28:32,317 HIS PREMIUM PRODUCT. >> IT’S LIKE A RELIGION, NOT A 279 00:28:32,317 --> 00:28:34,747 JOB. THE PORK HERE IN PARMA IS 280 00:28:34,753 --> 00:28:37,756 EVERYTHING. >> FANTASTIC. 281 00:28:37,756 --> 00:28:42,986 >> WHEN WE ARE BABIES, WE GROW UP WITH THIS MORE THAN THE MILK. 282 00:28:42,995 --> 00:28:45,864 THIS IS ALL MY LIFE. >> YOUR WHOLE LIFE? 283 00:28:45,864 --> 00:28:48,700 >> YEAH. >> WHAT IS THIS ONE? 284 00:28:48,700 --> 00:28:51,970 >> THIS IS 26 MONTHS. >> 26? 285 00:28:51,970 --> 00:28:55,570 >> YEAH. THIS IS AMAZING. 286 00:28:55,574 --> 00:29:03,548 THIS IS MY FAVORITE, BECAUSE HE’S VERY FAT. 287 00:29:03,548 --> 00:29:05,648 WE WILL TASTE BOTH BECAUSE IT’S INCREDIBLE. 288 00:29:05,651 --> 00:29:08,751 >> OH, YEAH. >> HERE YOU CAN TASTE THE FATS. 289 00:29:08,754 --> 00:29:12,391 >> HERE YOU CAN TASTE THE MEAT. >> MORE NUTTY. 290 00:29:12,391 --> 00:29:21,300 >> EXACTLY. >> HE HAS WRESTLED UP A PLATTER 291 00:29:21,300 --> 00:29:30,509 OF THE TWO, BUT WILL THE DANISH FAKE BE THE TRICK. 292 00:29:30,509 --> 00:29:35,547 >> THIS IS JUST DRY MEAT. THIS IS MADE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT 293 00:29:35,547 --> 00:29:43,687 WANT TO GO TO THE GYM AND WORK UP MUSCLES. 294 00:29:43,689 --> 00:29:47,689 >> HE HAS A POINT ABOUT THE TASTE OF FITNESS FANATICS. 295 00:29:47,693 --> 00:29:51,830 A LACK OF VISIBLE FAT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN PART OF THE 296 00:29:51,830 --> 00:29:59,000 ALLURE OF THE DANISH PIG. >> NOTHING. 297 00:29:59,004 --> 00:30:12,884 >> IT’S ACIDY. >> I CAN’T BELIEVE PEOPLE WERE 298 00:30:12,884 --> 00:30:15,220 BUYING IT. >> YEAH, LOOK AT THIS. 299 00:30:15,220 --> 00:30:18,420 THIS IS AMAZING. >> THAT’S BEAUTIFUL. 300 00:30:18,423 --> 00:30:32,838 >> ANOTHER PLANET. >> AS SOON AS IT HITS YOUR 301 00:30:32,838 --> 00:30:39,108 TONGUE, IT’S INSTANTANEOUS. THAT’S WHAT WE ALL KNOW AND 302 00:30:39,111 --> 00:30:43,881 LOVE. THIS IS AN INTELOPER. 303 00:30:43,882 --> 00:30:47,886 >> WHEN THAT SCANDAL HAPPENED, YOU WERE DISGUSTED BY IT, 304 00:30:47,886 --> 00:30:50,886 BECAUSE YO 305 00:31:00,065 --> 00:31:12,878 >>> SO I JUST CAN’T IGNORE SPAGHETTI 306 00:31:12,878 --> 00:31:18,717 SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE ANY LONGER. EVERYBODY IS CONVINCED THEY KNOW 307 00:31:18,717 --> 00:31:22,187 WHAT SHOULD BE IN THIS RECIPE, SO I’M HEADING EAST TO THE 308 00:31:22,187 --> 00:31:31,087 BIRTHPLACE OF ITALY’S CULINARY GODFATHER TO SNIFF OUT ITS 309 00:31:31,096 --> 00:31:34,533 ROOTS. JOINED WITH THE WEALTHY CITIES 310 00:31:34,533 --> 00:31:41,640 OF AMELIA IN THE 1940s TO CREATE THE REGION, AND THE TOWN HERE IS 311 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:47,779 HOME TO THE MUSEUM, A SHRINE FOR A FOOD LOVER LIKE ME. 312 00:31:47,779 --> 00:31:53,618 AT THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY, A 71‐YEAR‐OLD BUSINESSMAN WROTE 313 00:31:53,618 --> 00:32:00,058 THE FIRST COOKERY BOOK TO UNIFY ITALY’S REGIONAL SPECIALTIES 314 00:32:00,058 --> 00:32:06,198 INTO A COHESIVE NATIONAL CUISINE. 315 00:32:06,198 --> 00:32:11,298 HIS BOOK WAS A HIT AND HIS MAIL BOX WAS SOON JAMMED WITH RECIPES 316 00:32:11,303 --> 00:32:15,106 FOR THE NEXT EDITION. >> LITERALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE 317 00:32:15,106 --> 00:32:23,746 THINGS IN THE WORLD. >> BARBARA IS A DISCIPLE THAT 318 00:32:23,748 --> 00:32:29,318 ASSISTS IN THE COOKERY CLASSES HERE AT THE MUSEUM, AND HAPPILY 319 00:32:29,321 --> 00:32:34,021 BARBARA HAS INVITED ME TO HER PLACE TO TRY HIS VERSION OF THE 320 00:32:34,025 --> 00:32:44,769 FIRST RECORDED RECIPE OF THE MEAT SAUCE. 321 00:32:44,769 --> 00:32:51,139 >> WELCOME TO MY HOUSE. >> IT’S BEAUTIFUL. 322 00:32:51,142 --> 00:32:55,812 FOUR ITALIANS, HIS BOOK, SCIENCE IN THE KITCHEN AND THE ART OF 323 00:32:55,814 --> 00:33:10,964 EATING WELL IS THEIR SECOND BIBLE. 324 00:33:14,032 --> 00:33:15,632 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> THAT IS FANTASTIC. 325 00:33:15,634 --> 00:33:18,470 >> 1952. >> SMALL? 326 00:33:18,470 --> 00:33:23,370 >> SMALL. A QUARTER OF ONION, AND A 327 00:33:23,375 --> 00:33:24,342 CARROT. THIS IS FOR ME. 328 00:33:24,342 --> 00:33:29,347 AND WE CHOP IT UP. >> I THINK WHAT IS INTERESTING 329 00:33:29,347 --> 00:33:33,977 ABOUT THE RECIPE IS SO MANY CHEFS HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT 330 00:33:33,985 --> 00:33:38,523 VERSIONS OF THIS, AND SOME SAY USE TOMATO, DON’T USE TOMATO, 331 00:33:38,523 --> 00:33:51,770 AND USE MILK, DON’T USE MILK. >> THERE IS NOTTHIS RECIPE, AND 332 00:33:51,770 --> 00:34:02,547 ONLY BUTTER. >> IN HIS RECIPE, THE MEAT 333 00:34:02,547 --> 00:34:10,787 DELICATE VEAL AND SALTY BACON ARE COOKED AT THE SAME TIME. 334 00:34:10,789 --> 00:34:13,658 >> YOU DON’T COOK THAT FIRST? >> NO. 335 00:34:13,658 --> 00:34:18,058 >> I HAVE NEVER DONE THAT. MAYBE THAT’S WHY MINE IS NOT SO 336 00:34:18,063 --> 00:34:24,069 GOOD. >> I BROWN IT AND ADD BROTH AND 337 00:34:24,069 --> 00:34:27,639 FLOUR, AND NUTMEG. >> BUT LIKE MOST COOKS IN THIS 338 00:34:27,639 --> 00:34:31,739 REGION, THERE’S ONLY ONE PASTA BARBARA WOULD CONSIDER USING, 339 00:34:31,743 --> 00:34:41,920 AND IT AIN’T SPAGHETTI, FOLKS. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 340 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:48,059 >> IT GRIPS THE SAUCE FAR BETTER THAN DRIED SOUTHERN SPAGHETTI 341 00:34:48,059 --> 00:34:50,929 EVER COULD. >> AGED FOR 24 MONTHS. 342 00:34:50,929 --> 00:34:53,929 I’M READY. >> OH, THANK GOD. 343 00:34:53,932 --> 00:35:00,171 DON’T JUDGE ME, I HAD TO WAIT TEN TORTUOUS MINUTES FOR IT TO 344 00:35:00,171 --> 00:35:09,748 COOK. IT’S A LEAN VEAL, SO IT’S MUCH 345 00:35:09,748 --> 00:35:13,818 MORE TENDER TOO COOK. >> OH, YES, YES, YES. 346 00:35:13,818 --> 00:35:21,088 CHEERS. >> CHEERS. 347 00:35:21,092 --> 00:35:23,092 >> GOOD? >> VERY GOOD. 348 00:35:23,094 --> 00:35:27,632 SO GOOD. THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN TRYING 349 00:35:27,632 --> 00:35:34,102 TO DO AT HOME, BUT I HAVE NEVER ACHIEVED IT. 350 00:35:34,105 --> 00:35:39,711 NOW I KNOW HOW TO DO IT, BECAUSE OF YOU, YES, YES. 351 00:35:39,711 --> 00:35:43,511 >> THANK YOU. >> WILL YOU MARRY 352 00:35:49,287 --> 00:35:57,057 ♪ >>> I’VE TRAVELED FURTHER INTO 353 00:35:57,062 --> 00:36:01,866 ROAM MAGNA TO THE COASTAL TOWN. THIS PLACE IS WHERE ORDINARY 354 00:36:01,866 --> 00:36:04,696 ITALIANS COME TO PLAY, FLIRT, AND TAN BY THE SEA. 355 00:36:04,703 --> 00:36:09,173 THIS IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. OFTEN LOOKED DOWN ON BY THE RICH 356 00:36:09,174 --> 00:36:13,912 CITIES OF EMILIA, THIS IS AN UNPRETENTIOUS WORKING CLASS 357 00:36:13,912 --> 00:36:17,912 PLAYGROUND BUILT ON THE RUBBLE LEFT BY SECOND WORLD WAR BOMBS. 358 00:36:17,916 --> 00:36:29,661 OBVIOUSLY, I AM HERE TO EAT. DIRECTOR FEDERICO FELLINI ARE 359 00:36:29,661 --> 00:36:32,497 IMINI’S MOST FAMOUS SON, AND IT’S HIS FILMS THAT HAVE GIVEN 360 00:36:32,497 --> 00:36:37,127 THE WORLD THE ICONIC ROMANTIC IMAGE OF ITALY THAT PERSISTS 361 00:36:37,135 --> 00:36:40,138 TODAY AND CASTS ITALIANS AS A FIERY, PASSIONATE PEOPLE DLIFN 362 00:36:40,138 --> 00:36:50,748 BY THEIR HEARTS AND STOMACHS. FELLINI’S CHILD HERE IN RIMINI 363 00:36:50,749 --> 00:36:54,719 WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR HIS UNBEARABLY SEXY MOVIES. 364 00:36:54,719 --> 00:37:11,399 I’M MEETING HIS NIECE, FRANCESCA FELLINI. 365 00:37:17,642 --> 00:37:23,448 >> FELLINI’S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MOVIE ABOUT A YOUNG BOY GROWING 366 00:37:23,448 --> 00:37:29,248 UP IN FASCIST 1930s. AND THE TENSIONS IN AND OUT OF 367 00:37:29,254 --> 00:37:35,460 THE HOME. >> HE WAS VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT 368 00:37:35,460 --> 00:37:38,560 HIS FOOD SO THAT WHEN HE WOULD COME HERE AND VISIT, HE WOULD 369 00:37:38,563 --> 00:37:43,233 ASK ‐‐ >> MY MOTHER, MY SISTER OF 370 00:37:43,234 --> 00:37:45,703 FEDERICO. >> TO COOK VERY SPECIFIC THINGS. 371 00:37:45,703 --> 00:37:49,140 >> OF COURSE. HE WOULD TAKE THE PHONE AND I’M 372 00:37:49,140 --> 00:37:54,440 JUST ARRIVING IN A FEW HOURS IN RIMIN. 373 00:37:54,445 --> 00:37:58,850 I WANT A ‐‐ AND MY MOM, THAT WAS GREAT. 374 00:37:58,850 --> 00:38:05,520 >> EVEN WHEN HE GAME A WORLD CLASS DIRECTOR, FELLINI STILL 375 00:38:05,523 --> 00:38:07,559 CRAVED THE SIMPLE DISHES OF HIS HOMETOWN. 376 00:38:07,559 --> 00:38:11,089 HE SAID LIFE IS A COMBINATION OF MAGIC AND PASTA. 377 00:38:11,095 --> 00:38:14,632 >> FEDERICO WOULD ADORED THIS KIND OF PLACE, THIS KIND OF 378 00:38:14,632 --> 00:38:17,032 RESTAURANT. >> SO FRANCESCA IS TAKING ME TO 379 00:38:17,035 --> 00:38:22,540 A LOCAL PLACE WHERE THEY STILL MAKE SPECIALTIES HE LOVED LIKE 380 00:38:22,540 --> 00:38:25,240 CAPALETTI, PASTA PARCELS TRADITIONALLY EATEN IN BROTH ON 381 00:38:25,243 --> 00:38:30,013 CHRISTMAS DAY. >> CAN I INTRODUCE YOU TO 382 00:38:30,014 --> 00:38:35,153 ALESSANDRA, THE QUEEN OF THE PASTA IN ROMAGNA. 383 00:38:35,153 --> 00:38:39,390 >> ALESSANDRA, IT’S NICE TO MEET YOU RISKS YOU ANGRY? 384 00:38:39,390 --> 00:38:43,060 >> YES. >> CAPALETTI. 385 00:38:43,061 --> 00:38:45,161 >> LIKE A PRIEST’S HEAD? >> YES. 386 00:38:45,163 --> 00:38:49,067 >> RURAL ROMAGNA WAS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE PAPACY FOR 387 00:38:49,067 --> 00:38:52,437 CENTURIES, SO IT’S NOT SURPRISING THAT THIS PASTA 388 00:38:52,437 --> 00:39:08,147 REFERS TO THE CATHOLIC CARDINALS’ JAUNTY HATS 389 00:39:08,152 --> 00:39:14,192 . >> ALL THE ELEMENTS ARE VERY 390 00:39:14,192 --> 00:39:17,328 POOR, FLAVOR. >> WOW. 391 00:39:17,328 --> 00:39:25,637 >> THEY ARE GOOD EGGS. IT’S IMPORTANT THAT IS VERY 392 00:39:25,637 --> 00:39:27,437 THIN. >> YOU ALMOST WANT TO BE ABLE TO 393 00:39:27,438 --> 00:39:29,007 SEE YOUR HAND THROUGH IT, RIGHT? >> YES. 394 00:39:29,007 --> 00:39:32,807 >> BEAUTIFUL. OH, I SEE. 395 00:39:32,810 --> 00:39:44,689 >> THE PRIEST HATS. >> ALESSANDRA IS ALSO MAKE GING 396 00:39:44,689 --> 00:39:49,127 PRIEST CHOKER, A SPECIALTY BORN OF NECESSITY AND POVERTY USING 397 00:39:49,127 --> 00:39:51,827 JUST WATER, FLOUR, AND A LITTLE SALT. 398 00:39:51,829 --> 00:40:07,479 >> EVERY CUT IS PERFECT. 399 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:30,100 >> WOULD CHOKE WITH THIS PASTA. >> THAT’S FUNNY. 400 00:40:30,101 --> 00:40:35,101 >> IT HAS EVERYTHING IN IT. REVOLUTION, ANGER, RELIGION, AND 401 00:40:35,106 --> 00:40:36,207 DEATH. >> AND DEATH. 402 00:40:36,207 --> 00:40:47,417 >> IN A PLATE OF PASTA. FANTASTIC. 403 00:40:47,418 --> 00:40:50,488 SO. >> CAPETELLI IN BROTH. 404 00:40:50,488 --> 00:40:58,458 YOU HAVE TO TRY IT. SOMETHING SPECIAL. 405 00:40:58,463 --> 00:41:04,133 >> OH MY GOD! THAT’S GREAT. 406 00:41:04,135 --> 00:41:06,104 >> YOU HAVE ‐‐ >> HOPEFULLY WE’RE NOT GOING TO 407 00:41:06,104 --> 00:41:18,249 CHOKE. OH MY GOD, THE ONLY REASON YOU 408 00:41:18,249 --> 00:41:20,749 WOULD CHOKE ON THEM IS IF YOU ATE THEM TOO FAST BECAUSE THEY 409 00:41:20,752 --> 00:41:28,626 WERE SO GOOD. >> IT’S REALLY FULL OF EMOTION. 410 00:41:28,626 --> 00:41:30,926 >> YEAH, BECAUSE YOU USED TO COME HERE, RIGHT? 411 00:41:30,928 --> 00:41:39,537 >> YES. >> WE’RE ENDING THE DAY WITH AN 412 00:41:39,537 --> 00:41:42,807 APERITIV AT A FEDERICO HAUNT, THE GRAND HOTEL. 413 00:41:42,807 --> 00:41:47,837 >> A MAGICIAN IN MY LIFE. >> THE PAST OF ROMAGNA GENERAL 414 00:41:47,845 --> 00:41:50,281 STRAIGHTS HOW INGENIOUS THE PEOPLE OF THIS REGION ARE. 415 00:41:50,281 --> 00:41:52,917 >> CHEERS. >> THE UNIQUE CLIMATE, SOME 416 00:41:52,917 --> 00:41:56,617 STRICT RULES, AND A FEW SIMPLE QUALITY INGREDIENTS ARE ALL THEY 417 00:41:56,621 --> 00:41:59,090 NEED TO CONJURE UP A KIND OF MAGIC. 418 00:41:59,090 --> 00:42:01,560 >> BELLISSIMO. >> AND CREATE INCREDIBLE DISHES