Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy

[tinkerhon]

Anyone else addicted ? I watch initial airing-- then the repeat at 12 Mid--- then On Demand next day !
Still have lot of family in Naples... definitely on my bucket list !!

 

[Adelle Dazeem]

I saw just a small part last night - waiting for my take out at my fav mexican restaurant - and it looks pretty interesting. I should look it up and watch an episode.

 

[Timandalicia]

Anyone else addicted ? I watch initial airing-- then the repeat at 12 Mid--- then On Demand next day !
Still have lot of family in Naples... definitely on my bucket list !!

Love it! How did we all miss how sophisticated he is until now?

 

[DLgal]

I love it too. He is fun to watch.

 

[tinkerhon]

I love it too. He is fun to watch.

Isnt he great !!!?? Did you see it yesterday, with his mom and dad?! Good stuff !!!

 

[tinkerhon]

Love it! How did we all miss how sophisticated he is until now?

Right !!!?? Love the outfits he wears too- ! That scarf tied up tight !

 

[tinkerhon]

I saw just a small part last night - waiting for my take out at my fav mexican restaurant - and it looks pretty interesting. I should look it up and watch an episode.

Its soooo good !!! Just be prepared to be starved when its over !!!

 

[tinkerhon]

Yay !!!

https://deadline.com/2021/02/stanley-tucci-cnn-1234699770/

 

[jump00]

My DH and I are taking notes ............ love the show. Hoping to visit in 2023!!! The first episode with the lemon desserts and lemon trees.......I was in heaven

 

[tinkerhon]

My DH and I are taking notes ............ love the show. Hoping to visit in 2023!!! The first episode with the lemon desserts and lemon trees.......I was in heaven

My fave was the Bologna episode--- I found the part about the imitation Prosciutto fascinating !!
The site has all of the dishes that were cooked for each episode -

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy-restaurants/index.html

 

[DLgal]

My fave was the Bologna episode--- I found the part about the imitation Prosciutto fascinating !!
The site has all of the dishes that were cooked for each episode -

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy-restaurants/index.html

I had heard about the prosciutto. It was a big story a few years ago.

I also knew about the "fake" San Marzano tomatoes.

I've liked the Naples one the best so far. Milan was also a good one!

 

[izzy]

I love this show! He is just fabulous! I will say that there is at least one thing each episode that I would never eat. Last night’s was the raw beef. Blech! All of that bread looked fabulous, though. And that sauce that he and his mother made at the beginning looked really good.

I found out something new about him - he is married to Emily Blunt’s sister.

 

[MillauFr]

Right !!!?? Love the outfits he wears too- ! That scarf tied up tight !

Miranda Priestly picked them out for him.

 

[jump00]

My fave was the Bologna episode--- I found the part about the imitation Prosciutto fascinating !!
The site has all of the dishes that were cooked for each episode -

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy-restaurants/index.html

Oh my gosh yes! I couldn’t believe an Italian would sell the “fake” stuff! Scandalous The pasta dishes look so yummy . Thanks for the link!

 

[dvcgirl67]

We've really been enjoying the series too. We were thrilled to see him sit down with Katie Parla at a restaurant in Rome that specializes in offal. We hired Katie for a day of touring in Rome back in 2015. She's an author and critic specializing in Italian cuisine. Brilliant woman....Yale educated and just took us all over Rome to taste and drink at some of her favorite markets and restaurants for the whole day. I don't remember eating any offal that day, but we did have a wonderful time with her.

 

[OhioWDWDuo]

Absolutely LOVE this show! DH and I watch with glasses of Italian wine, lol. Then I have a marathon phone discussion with my parents the next day about the episode! DH and I have made 2 trips to Italy and love seeing some of the sights on the show which bring back all the wonderful memories. My dad is Italian (on both sides, like Stanley says) but has never been. It’s a dream for him that may finally come true if this pandemic ever ends. In the meantime, we are watching Stanley and loving it! He is so entertaining. I heard the show already got picked up for a second season which is great.

 

[MillauFr]

Stanley Tucci seems like a class act all around. He is on Tom Hanks level IMHO.

 

[DLgal]

Absolutely LOVE this show! DH and I watch with glasses of Italian wine, lol. Then I have a marathon phone discussion with my parents the next day about the episode! DH and I have made 2 trips to Italy and love seeing some of the sights on the show which bring back all the wonderful memories. My dad is Italian (on both sides, like Stanley says) but has never been. It’s a dream for him that may finally come true if this pandemic ever ends. In the meantime, we are watching Stanley and loving it! He is so entertaining. I heard the show already got picked up for a second season which is great.

He hinted that it would be UK.

 

[Imzadi]

I ADORE this show! It is a real, true love story: to Italy, it's history and heritage, it's people, and most of all it's food. I have to make sure I eat before hand, or I'll be hungry throughout.

I like that Stanley can really speak Italian. No translator needed. That would have lost something somehow, to always have everything translated back and forth and the awkward start & stops. Instead, we get the wonderful spontaneity of personalities of everyone. And Stanley's cheeky sense of humor. And the people he interviews are, for the most part, NOT celebrities. Just ordinary folk who cherish their rich heritage and culture of food and pass it down and around to everyone who eats their food.

 

[izzy]

My DH and I are taking notes ............ love the show. Hoping to visit in 2023!!! The first episode with the lemon desserts and lemon trees.......I was in heaven

I was on a Med cruise and one port was Naples. We did a private tour that day and went to Pompeii, Sorrento and Positano. My favorite was Sorrento, mostly because of the lemons. They were everywhere! It’s where I first tasted limoncello and I love it to this day!