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What's cooking on DVD?
Now you can watch episodes from The Italian Cooking & Living TV Show whenever you get the craving! Hosted by editor-in-chief of Italian Cooking & Living Magazine, Paolo Villoresi, these classic episodes take viewers on a personal tour through Italy in search of the nation's best finds and flavors. Each half-hour DVD explores the history, art, sights, and specialty cuisine of various destinations around the country, and includes a booklet with 2 or more recipes featured in that particular show.
For samples of the Italian Cooking & Living TV Show, click here.
Tuscan Cowboys
Meet distinguished special guest Stefano Albertini, visit Maremma-"the California of Italy"-and go rustic with Italy's rugged Butteri (Tuscan cowboys) and their hearty traditional ragús.
| Paolo Villoresi and Claudia Costantino welcome special guest Stefano Albertini to the TV studio in the Italian Culinary Center. |
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| Stefano Albertini is the director of the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò and a Professor of Italian Literature at NYU. |
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| Travel to the Maremma in Southern Tuscany, called "the California of Italy" because of its beautiful landscape and temperate climate. |
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| The Maremma is home to the cowboys of Tuscany, or Butteri. These cowboys do everything that American cowboys do, including throwing the lasso, branding their herds, and living outdoors most of the time. |
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| Sample delicious, rustic dishes with Signora Laura Maggiotto like this Boar Stew, Tortelli al ragù, and Acquacotta. |
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| Visit the saddle shop of the butteri who spend at least 5 hours a day on their horses. |
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| Watch Paolo prepare spicy Pappardelle alla Maremmana—a dish from butteri country! |
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