Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
In Italian families, the role of women has always been one of fundamental importance. Women were able to create wonderful meals with humble ingredients, but as talented as they might have been, their place was in the home, running the family, not travelling abroad learning haute cuisine.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy Neapolitan
The Capuano family has plenty of worries, and Police Agent Russo has his hands full as well.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Massimo Montanari, an expert in historical food studies, discusses the role of women in the development of regional cooking.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy Milanese
Marchesi shows us a delicious dessert made from leftover panettone. Panettone is an Italian fruitcake from the Lombardy region that is traditionally served during the Christmas season. Cinepanettoni are comic movies served up during the holidays.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy Neapolitan
Enzo has his hands full with Sasà at the gym. And that's not all.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Artist Nanda Vigo, a friend of Gualtiero Marchesi's, tells us what it was like to be an artist back in those days, and how Marchesi was involved.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy Neapolitan
There are some special additions to the judo class today.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
One thing that was special about Marchesi's cuisine was that rather than looking abroad for exotic ingredients, his dishes were works of art made with local, ordinary materials.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy Neapolitan
Nunzia knocks at Enzo's door asking him to help her with her son, Sasà. We get to see a bit more of Sasà's personality, and Toni's.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy Neapolitan
We're taken back to before the shots were fired at the Judo school. We get some background on the school and on Enzo's family.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Marchesi's friends provide details about their long-term relationships with the celebrated chef.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy Neapolitan
Based on a true story, this film takes place in Scampia, a poor, crowded suburb just outside Naples. Having one of the highest rates of unemployment in Italy, the Camorra gets its way with many of the kids from this neighborhood, but Gianni also saves many kids by getting them involved in judo.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Marchesi had plenty of artist friends, and that meant late nights, while having a restaurant meant getting up at the crack of dawn to go to the market. How did he do it?
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Marchesi talks about how important his travels in Europe and in Asia had been in enriching his menu, and confirming the path he was following.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Giovanni Ballarini talks about what the kitchens of Italian restaurants were like in the fifties and sixties. To make sense of how he describes them, see Yabla lesson Parole Alterate - Modifying Words to Create New Ones, as well as video lesson Marika spiega: Parole alterate. Gianni Mura talks about some of the trends found on restaurant menus today.
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