Stanley Tucci and Italian food go together like spaghetti and fresh tomato sauce, chianti and Florentine steak, ricotta cheese and a pastry shell (aka a cannoli) … but never pineapple on pizza.

As the host of “Searching for Italy,” a show that explores the culinary history and flavors of cities and towns across Italy’s 20 regions, Tucci demonstrates that he is curious by nature a la delicacies that he tastes. But that curiosity has its limits, as proven during a chat with TODAY Food when he shared his thoughts — or lack thereof — on pineapple as a pizza topping.