
Pizzeria Brandi opened in 1780, making it the oldest pizzeria in Naples.

Tucci and his guide Elisabetta Moro then have a brief pizza lunch at historic Pizzeria Brandi, where pizzaiolo (pizza maker) Raffaele Esposito cooked up the first Pizza Margherita in honor of Queen Margherita of Italy.

Naples’ “pizza before there was pizza,” made by Fernanda, the city’s most famous friggitoria. He also ventures for a family meal on the island of Ischia and a delicious dessert on the Amalfi Coast. Stanley Tucci explores pizza in Naples, which includes side trips to a cheese factory for mozzarella and a farm for San Marzano tomatoes.

You can access live CNN programming through your cable provider or through Hulu (+Live subscription option) and YouTubeTV I’m looking forward to when we can all look back and begin planning our itineraries around all the incredible food that Tucci and his many guides have highlighted in this thoughtful, mouth-watering show. I have devoured all six episodes of “Searching for Italy.” And, lucky for us, I’ve taken notes and added some context. And he just published his food memoir: Taste: My Life Through Food. Tucci has also written a few cookbooks, including The Tucci Table: Cooking With Family and Friends.

The celebrated actor has long been associated with good food, thanks to his roles in “Big Night” and “Julie and Julia.” “Italian on both sides,” Tucci is a natural choice to host a food and travel show about Italy.
