Tucci in Italy

Just put this on the big screen and enjoy it, with or without the sound. I go to a café to work almost every day. The first thing I do is turn on the big screen TV above the bar (I don't have a TV at home and watch everything on my laptop). The images bring life into the mostly empty café as most people sit outside on the terrace. Along with the Chinese owner who barely speaks Spanish, my favorite programs are about cooking. I only wish we could watch Tucci in Italy.

As I began watching the first episode in Tuscany as well as writing this review, I was thinking that I'd like to see more food preparation in this series than he did before. Voilá, we are witness to a wonderful rabbit cooked with Italian lardo, a delicacy I've never tried. I've never seen a rabbit deboned with such precision, didn't think it was possible, but it was one heck of a rabbit.

I was all in, sold on the series in the first half of E01.

I just wish I could watch this at my neighborhood bistro.

While I wish there was some degree of variation in between the best caviar, best beef and best greens and then everything else is tripe, offal vegan I'm on episode 4 and cannot understand Italian well enough to hear the details of the heartbreaking story of the Italian gay couple and their adoption or most of the Italians.

Subtitles are not included? For an American tv show about Italy?

It's a very beautiful country so I'm always going to be happy watching anything about Italy, so I enjoyed watching. But I'm actually interested in the people and the culture and learning it from their own perspective so without subtitles I was extremely frustrated. Yes. I'm learning Italian.

I can't remember a time when I've ever wanted to visit Italy, more than I do now!

I initially wanted to watch at least an episode or two, because I love all things, "Italy." I have to say, initially I thought it would be somewhat pretentious, due to some of the characters that Stanley has played in the past.

I have to say, I was more than pleasantly surprised! This is real life, down to earth glimpses of real people, found smack dab in the middle of what makes them some of the best people on earth. Stanley is excellent and very relatable. I had to binge watch this series and I want more! Please!

This show is so well done! It really delves in deep to the culture and history of each sector in Italy and truly gets in touch with the people living and working in these places. It's so beautiful to see real people and places celebrated for their unique beauty, and everything foodwise featured in the show makes me hungry not just to try these dishes, but to visit these places and meet the people that make such vibrancy of life. We loved the first season for featuring mostly restaurants, but I love how this season has ventured off the beaten path into the homes and workplaces of true locals to really get the scoop on what makes these locations and dishes so interesting.

Nicely shot and Stanley Tucci oozes charisma and cool as always (even when he's clearly trying very hard to converse in Italian with the locals).

But why so much offal? Why? Why is he fed offal wherever he goes? Are the local fixers reps for Big Offal? Is Stanley particularly fond of the stuff? I'm finding it very hard to find the food appetising when half of it is offal. I get that he's exploring local, rustic food but I have the palate of a 6-year old and cannot abide watching people eat a plate of tripe.

I feel like there wasn't nearly as much offal in his previous documentary, Searching for Italy.