When Secondo, played by Tucci, serves a creamy stew of arborio rice with seafood and fresh diced parsley, his dismayed customer asks for rice and a side of spaghetti. The opening scene of Big Night is a monument to all Italian restaurateurs who arrived in America to open a restaurant dedicated to their regional cuisine only to be pressured into serving spaghetti and meatballs. The Subtle Seafood Risotto from “Big Night” Try our recipe for penne with tomatoes, herbs, and Pecorino.ģ. During that year abroad, Stanley says his mother was inspired by the spirit of the Renaissance and learned this simple, yet delicious combination from a neighbor from whom the pasta takes its name. During the Tuscany episode, Stanley and his parents will return to Florence, to reminisce and cook their go-to Tuscan tomato sauce made with a celery and carrot base and a bit of butter. Tucci’s family recipes reflect his Southern-Italian American heritage and the influence of a year spent in Florence, Italy. The Go-To Family Meal: Penne alla “Salsa Maria Rosa” from Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy the Tuscany Episode “It's an incredible dish, and it’s one you would only eat where it’s really cold."Ģ. It has cabbage, huge amounts of butter, garlic, potatoes and Valtalline cheese called Bitto Storico Ribelle, which is similar to Parmigiano, but can be aged longer, up to 18 years,” he says. “The noodles are made with buckwheat and regular flour. Stunned by the flavor, Tucci decides to cook pizzoccheri, a regional pasta dish from Valtellina, Italy for everyone. In the upcoming Lombardy episode, Tucci travels to the Orobic Alps to taste the mountain cheese of Paolo Ciapparelli. The Perfect Winter Pasta: Pizzoccheri from Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy the Lombardy Episode Note: for the Big Night dinner recipes, we recommend a wine pairing of Chianti.ġ. “But the goal is to sit together as much as possible and eat.”īut for our purposes and for a taste of action, comedy, and drama, here are the top Italian dishes plucked from Tucci’s best scene-stealing food moments. “When they were younger and everyone went to high school, we sat down together every night,” says Tucci, adding that the age difference between his children has made the meal schedule a bit fractured in recent years. Many of their family-cooked dishes fill the pages of “ The Tucci Table: Cooking with Family and Friends,” a cookbook written by Tucci and Blunt with contributions from their children. That became an ongoing tradition, involving detailed meal planning and a meticulous selection of ingredients. He says he fell in love with wife Felicity Blunt (the sister of The Devil Wears Prada actress Emily Blunt), over a discussion about food and cooking. When he’s not filming, Tucci often cooks with his family. All in all, the actor made a pretty convincing performance of pretending to be Italian. There, Tucci acted as Secondo, an Italian chef-restaurateur, by adopting the mannerisms and techniques of a real Italian chef, Gianni Scappin, who he shadowed for a year and a half. Equally important are the restaurant scenes in Big Night (1996), the film he co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in. In the newly released CNN Original docu-series, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, the actor rolls up his sleeves in at least three different episodes-Naples, Lombardy, and Florence-to wow us with his repertoire of Italian cooking. ![]() So, what dishes and recipes are most deserving of our attention? And there’s nothing like seeing Tucci in food scenes. These days, there are plenty of ways to watch Tucci in the kitchen. Food is his muse, especially Italian food, as seen in his films, family cookbooks, and a forthcoming food memoir. ![]() If Tucci’s chosen love is acting, his passion for cooking and eating probably came at birth. When actor Stanley Tucci isn’t strolling piazzas wearing Boggi, Brunello Cucinelli, and Ferragamo- the favored Italian designers that the father of five says he can “ill afford”-he’s often in an apron.
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