“Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” is back for a second season and starts again with the first episode right from Veneto, broadcast on the American channel CNN Every Sunday evening, there will be a real journey to discover Italy from a gastronomic point of view and beyond.
Each episode is filled with regional specialties prepared in family kitchens, local gatherings, or Michelin-starred restaurants. In the first episode of the second season of "Searching for Italy," Tucci explores Veneto and some of its regional delicacies.
The episode aired Sunday, May 1st, takes him to discover Venice, its bacari with their typical cicchetti and other traditional Venetian dishes, risotto with squid ink and tiramisu.
A stop at Harry's Bar for its legendary cocktails and the Michelin-starred Venissa restaurant, where a unique, locally-rooted wine, Dorona, is produced on the island of Mazzorbo.
A lot of Venice, but also the islands of the lagoons and the mainland are the protagonists, Torcello, Mazzorbo until reaching the area of Lupia Campaign for duck hunting.
The crew filmed in the early months of 2022 between late January and early February thanks to the support of the Veneto Film Commission which facilitated the logistics and the recruitment of professional figures to support the crew.
Stanley Tucci is an actor of Italian origins, winner of the’Emmy Awards 2021 for the’Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Program, we remember the executive producers of Searching for Italy are Tom Barry, Eve Kay and Stanley Tucci for RAW; And Amy Entelis, Lyle Gamm and Jon Adler for CNN Original Series.
