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Umbria is "the green heart of Italy. Not a jealous heart, but a fertile one," Stanley Tucci said as he drove through central Italy. This small rural region is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor, Tuscany, which borders the region to the west. But Umbria's history, wild beauty and traditional cuisine make it a hidden gem. With the highest...

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The highly anticipated second season of Stanley Tucci's Emmy-winning travel series "Searching for Italy" premiered on CNN this past Sunday with a trip to Venice, where the Italian American actor sampled produce, strolled along the canals, and learned about the converging culinary influences of the "Floating City." Tucci's fascination for the divers...

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APERTIVO:Appetizers are meant to be light. Stanley Tucci’s culinary memoir, “Taste — My Life Through Food,” begins with an airy description of growing up in northern Westchester County, N.Y., in the 1960s. His competent, caring parents worked full time jobs. Both their ancestral families were immigrants from Calabria in southern Italy. Despite work...

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Stanley is Back! Fans of Stanley Tucci’s Searching for Italy, rejoice! Stanley and his popular Italian food series returns! CNN premiers the second season of Stanley’s show on Sunday, May 1, at 9:00 PM (ET). While the first season featured Stanley’s travels through six regions, CNN has released only four for this season. Alas, my beloved Abruzzo is...

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We suggest getting a napkin before viewing this post, because drool is inevitable. The trailer for the second season of Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy is here and it has us looking up flights to Milan. The new episodes of the culinary exploration show, premiering on CNN May 1, showcases the Oscar-nominated actor as he "indulges his passion for...

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"Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy" fans who are hungry for more will have to wait a little bit longer than originally expected for new episodes. Originally, Season 2 of the acclaimed docuseries was supposed to drop on March 13, 2022, according to Marie Claire. However, Tucci's Instagram just released the unfortunate news that the season's start w...

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Fans of Stanley Tucci and the Italian way of life will be excited to hear that the Academy Award-nominated actor, author and committed Italian food enthusiast will be further cementing his place in Italian culture via a new partnership with S.Pellegrino. The multi-year partnership will see Tucci embark on a series of collaborations with the brand c...

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Hungry for more? Stanley Tucci’s “Searching for Italy” returns on Sunday, March 13 at 9 p.m. ET, according to CNN. Over the past several months, Tucci was spotted during shooting in Turin, Valle D’Aosta, Venice and Umbria, to name a few. News of the Season 2 premiere comes months after the release of his third book “Taste: My Life Through Food”, wh...

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Anyone who has seen an episode of "Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy," on CNN knows that Stanley Tucci is not easily ruffled. He looks eternally cool with his black-framed glasses, perfectly tailored suits, and crisp white shirts (often with not one, not two, but three or more buttons undone). One can imagine Tucci saying something like, "Pardon m...

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During the throes of the pandemic, in winter 2021, beloved Italian-American actor, producer, cookbook author, and food enthusiast, Stanley Tucci, took viewers on a virtual culinary journey to Italy on his six-episode CNN series.  What an escape! The heartthrob lifted our spirits with his jaunts to different regions of Italy, introducing us to many...

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