0:00:02 > 0:00:05'I am Antonio Carluccio.'
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Mmm, wonderful.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09'Food is my life.'
0:00:09 > 0:00:13- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - This is almost a religious act.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Hallelujah.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19What I'm cooking's so good!
0:00:19 > 0:00:22'And I am Gennaro Contaldo.'
0:00:22 > 0:00:24I just can't believe it!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28'I too am devoted to food.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31'For years, I was Antonio's assistant.'
0:00:31 > 0:00:35- Just a minute. Do you want to cook it?- No, no, no,
0:00:35 > 0:00:37but it's holding the lump there.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39'Now, he's my best friend.'
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Oh, Gennaro!
0:00:42 > 0:00:43- Hey!- A-a-agh!
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Italia!
0:00:46 > 0:00:50'It has been nearly 50 years since we lived in Italy.'
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Beautiful.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Wow!
0:00:54 > 0:00:56'And we have come back to see
0:00:56 > 0:00:59'if we still have a taste for the old country.'
0:00:59 > 0:01:02OK...
0:01:02 > 0:01:04The freshest butter ever.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09'Returning to the South brings us back to childhood.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12'And what a childhood we had!'
0:01:12 > 0:01:14They are sweet, wonderful.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18'But what is life for children growing up in Southern Italy now?'
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Come on, Antonio!
0:01:19 > 0:01:25'And do they enjoy the same simple pleasures we did when we were young?'
0:01:25 > 0:01:27You want a taste, eh?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- There, there's one!- Where? - There. Go there.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32'We are on a voyage of discovery.'
0:01:35 > 0:01:40'But with Gennaro on board, the whole thing could be a disaster.'
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Don't look at me!
0:01:42 > 0:01:44'But don't worry.'
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Ahh...!
0:01:45 > 0:01:49'It will be fantastic just as long as there is plenty to eat.'
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Lovely!
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Mmm-hmm-hmm!
0:02:08 > 0:02:14'We are visiting Calabria, the most un-industrialised region of Italy.'
0:02:16 > 0:02:20'For the trip, I chose my old family car.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25'I first drove Topolino sitting on my papa's knee.'
0:02:26 > 0:02:29This is the car for you. Look at that.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32All brand new! Come on, you'll really love it.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- Well, I hope we can travel with that. - Oh, my God. This is good!
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Go on, lift him up!
0:02:37 > 0:02:39It's very difficult to come here.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Yeah, you've got it.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48'Our journey begins in the coastal resort of Tropea.'
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Do you want an onion?
0:02:52 > 0:02:57You know this is a very special onion from Tropea.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00It is a sweet onion that you can eat just like an apple.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05'Our first meal is a childhood staple.'
0:03:06 > 0:03:09It's like to be in England, bread and butter.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14Here in Italy, bread and onions, with a bit of Provolone cheese.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22'Once ruled over by the ancient Greeks, Calabria rests
0:03:22 > 0:03:25'in the instep and toe of the boot of Italy.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30'It has year-round sunshine and a mix of landscapes,
0:03:30 > 0:03:34'yielding the very best of the Mediterranean diet.'
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- OK, why don't you get me this one? Look...- No, that one is much...
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- This one, this one.- OK.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Go on, pull it!
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Pull it! Pull!
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Fantastic. Perfection.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59'Being in a stranger's garden picking ripe persimmons
0:03:59 > 0:04:04'reminds me that, as a child, the countryside was our sweetshop.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08You like sucking, huh?
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- Look at this, look at this. Look at this.- I know.- Ohh!
0:04:12 > 0:04:19'Then and now, fruit was exciting. It was stolen treasure.'
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- Do you know what we used to do with this?- Mmm-hmm.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Nice baked fresh bread, special if it was hot bread from the bakery.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29I was almost there, not everywhere.
0:04:29 > 0:04:35Get a very ripe one and squeeze them on top and rub it like a tomato,
0:04:35 > 0:04:40and that used to be jam on toast, or jam on bread. Ahhhhh!
0:04:41 > 0:04:44This is what's usually called the poor man jam.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!
0:04:49 > 0:04:52ANTONIO LAUGHS
0:04:52 > 0:04:55I was waiting all the time for that.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05'We are back on the road. We are greedy Italians and we want to eat.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08'But not from any supermarket.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14'We are going back to the world that gave us our passion for food.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20'The world that makes us hungry for Italy.'
0:05:23 > 0:05:26It's unbelievable. I've never seen things like that. Look at this.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29You know, it doesn't matter how old I become,
0:05:29 > 0:05:33but seeing things like this, they really tender my inside.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- It becomes so soft. Yes.- Me, too.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Yes, yes.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- Look here, look here. Bread making. - Bread making.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Look at all the little bread as well.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49This reminds me, all the artisans, that they were in the village.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51And it is exactly what they were doing.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Look at this here, olive oil making.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- With the little olives there. - Look, he's pressing them as well.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- Oh, do you know what he has, that one there?- Yes, I know.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05He does the wine. So they remember that I was, as a little boy,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07trampling the grapes to make the juice for the wine.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Look, he's drinking it!
0:06:10 > 0:06:12That's you, that's you.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16A-a-ah! Unbelievable.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17Oh, Antonio!
0:06:17 > 0:06:20'And this is one of the most important scenes
0:06:20 > 0:06:23'in any Italian village.'
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Look, pigs! The killing of the pig!
0:06:26 > 0:06:30I used to help to do that. And look, it's dripping blood.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32The collection of the blood, yes.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Lovely pig blood and chocolate. We used to do it.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42'We both have fond memories,
0:06:42 > 0:06:46'but does anything survive of the world we loved?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49'As children, we always knew
0:06:49 > 0:06:53'if the neighbour was having a pig killing or Festa del Maiale.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56'It seems it's no different today.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01'A crowd has gathered at the home of the Riccio family,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04'who are about to slaughter their pig.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08'In our day, everyone had a pig.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11'The meat would feed a family for the whole year.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14'Pig produce is central to the Italian way of eating.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22'But these days, the parents don't allow their children
0:07:22 > 0:07:24'to see the kill.'
0:07:24 > 0:07:30That brings me back about 60 years ago, when I was about 14.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33They were doing the ultimate sacrifice of the pig
0:07:33 > 0:07:35for the good of the family.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39- I don't know. You know, look... - You are trembling.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44I know, well, I'm doing this, almost, if I'm to help.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48'I was thinking, as the kids are not here,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51'they are not going to learn important lessons
0:07:51 > 0:07:53'we learned when we were young.'
0:07:54 > 0:07:57'For boys especially,
0:07:57 > 0:08:02'being present for a kill was an important part of becoming a man.'
0:08:04 > 0:08:09The pig is dead, and what I witnessed just now brings me back
0:08:09 > 0:08:13all this, with my father and my sister, my mother.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15She'd been looking after the animal all year.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Then, at a year, had to be killed.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23And she was standing right there.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27And I remember I used to look at her face. Why this woman don't cry?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29What's the matter with this woman?
0:08:29 > 0:08:34Later on in life, I said, "Mama, you loved those animals.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35"Why you didn't cry?"
0:08:35 > 0:08:39She said, "Son, there were tears, not running down my face,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41"but inside my face."
0:08:45 > 0:08:51'And seeing my mum so brave, I wanted to be brave, too.'
0:08:53 > 0:08:57You see, Antonio, what he said? You already know what to do.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08'In killing the pig, we learned to respect
0:09:08 > 0:09:11'every piece of food that comes from the animal.
0:09:12 > 0:09:19'We make prosciutto, pancetta or bacon. Capicola, ham and salsicce.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20'Sausages.'
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Antonio, d'you want me...?
0:09:22 > 0:09:23No, no, you do it. You do it, you are perfect.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Do you want to...?
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Gennaro, you are perfect at that.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- I'm just watching.- But do you want me to give you a haircut?
0:09:30 > 0:09:33'The lungs are kept for soup.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36'The ears and tail to flavour stews,
0:09:36 > 0:09:40'and the trotters are cooked with lentils.'
0:09:40 > 0:09:45'And the blood must be stirred to prevent clotting.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47'Before it, too, can be used.'
0:09:47 > 0:09:51I know it sounds a little bit "Who-oa!"
0:09:51 > 0:09:53The poor animal is killed.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56But it's a feast! That is good for everybody!
0:09:56 > 0:10:01This is a pudding which I used to eat at your age.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04And now, after so many years, yeah! I'm doing it again!
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Flour, straight in.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Sugar, zucchero.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18Mmm. Provare. Prova, prova, prova.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Cocoa powder. Yeah?
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Go on, go on, taste the cocoa powder. Go on. OK?
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Straight in. Yes.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Milk.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38Pig blood. Oo-oo-ooh!
0:10:38 > 0:10:42You want a taste, eh? No.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45You want to taste? Aw-w-w!
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Slowly, slowly...
0:10:48 > 0:10:49'The kids are not keen.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54'But this was my favourite pudding when I was a kid.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57'And the blood is so full of goodness.'
0:10:57 > 0:11:02Make sure you use every little bit.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04The reason why...
0:11:04 > 0:11:05because it's blood.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Animal was living once. Why shall we waste it? Do you want to help?
0:11:09 > 0:11:15Go on, you do it. You do it. Come on, come on. Come on! Come on!
0:11:15 > 0:11:18More, more, more! You try, now. Go on, you try!
0:11:18 > 0:11:23Forza, forza! Forza! Provaci! Forza!
0:11:23 > 0:11:28When it's all mixed together, so easy, you put 'em on the gas,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33OK, and keep stirring it.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Yeah. Look how thick.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39Yeah. Me first, no?
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Why I am so good on cooking? Pig blood and chocolate.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53It's ready, now.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Oh, yes.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06You're not wanting any more?
0:12:10 > 0:12:11Finito.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Finito?
0:12:13 > 0:12:18'It was so good to see children enjoying what I used to enjoy
0:12:18 > 0:12:19'when I was a little boy.'
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Oh, fantastic. He said, "Now that I've tasted a sanguinache,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29"the pig blooded chocolate, I will ask my grandma
0:12:29 > 0:12:31"to make him every time."
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Brava, Angelo!
0:12:37 > 0:12:42'Now all the children want to help, and there's no holding them back.'
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Gennaro, have a look.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Yeah. What, Antonio?
0:12:47 > 0:12:51What you said? I cannot hear you properly.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54No, I know that you don't hear very well, Gennaro. I know.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57- Do you know what I see? - What do you see?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59All those children, they're not squeamish at all.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06They don't find anything that abnormal, and it is fantastic.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11'All children love to make sausages!'
0:13:13 > 0:13:17OK, let me give a hand, let me give help! OK!
0:13:18 > 0:13:19Yeah!
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- Gennaro, you're strong.- I know!
0:13:24 > 0:13:26I think I've had enough.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43'A typical Calabrese sausage filling is a very spicy mix
0:13:43 > 0:13:47'of red hot pepperocino chillies, black pepper and fennel seeds.'
0:13:47 > 0:13:52- You like pepperocino? Piace pepperocino?- ALL: Si! Yes!
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Pepper.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- And the chilli. - And the chilli!
0:13:57 > 0:14:02'The sausages might get a little bit hot for my taste.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06'But it was lovely to see the children with the pig.'
0:14:06 > 0:14:10- Ready? Ba-ba-ba-ba-a-a!- Wow.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24'After making all those sausages, there was no pork meat left.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29'Well, maybe just a little bit.'
0:14:30 > 0:14:35- Don't tell me this is pork.- Yes. This is what the children left me.
0:14:35 > 0:14:41- No. You do a soup or something. - No.- We will be happy with that.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45- No, what actually I'm going to do, I'm going to make Orzotto!- Ah-ha!
0:14:45 > 0:14:49'150 grams of minced pork, that's what we need!
0:14:49 > 0:14:51'The dish is like pork mince risotto.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57'But instead of rice, you use this lovely pearl barley.'
0:14:57 > 0:15:00One small onion.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04- Chopped.- Chopped finely.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Lovely olive oil.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Nice olive oil. I love it.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13This from Calabria, that's very good olive oil there, you know.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- It is indeed. - They produce quite a lot
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- but I think that they don't export a lot.- Oh, I love that music.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Yes.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- You fry the onions.- Let it sweat.
0:15:28 > 0:15:34The difference of sweat not to burn, it is that when you actually,
0:15:34 > 0:15:38you're jogging, whoa-whoa-whoa, you start to sweat, you know.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41When it's burning, when you stand under the sun
0:15:41 > 0:15:43and you get red like a pepperoni.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- Then, you get the pork mince. - Yes.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Slowly put 'em inside.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52See, at this stage, you seal the meat.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57- You have to seal them properly... - But let it cook a little bit as well.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Yeah, oh, yeah. I'm...look.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04Then you put the pearl barley, handful each.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08'Pearl barley is a kind of super-food.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11'It is full of B vitamins and minerals like iron and zinc.'
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Just a little bit more for me and you.
0:16:13 > 0:16:19'When I was a kid, we didn't do twizzlers or nuggets.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21'This was the kind of food we ate.'
0:16:21 > 0:16:26And keep stirring it, because when it's nice and hot,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28I have to splash with a little bit of wine.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31You can just splash the wine, yes?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Ooh, lovely.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38Here, I've already nice, very hot stock.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Can be vegetable stock, can be a beef stock.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47Then, you start to add nice hot stock. Keep stirring it.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51As soon as the stock has evaporated, you add more.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55It will cook roughly about 25 to 30 minutes.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58I keep stirring it.
0:16:58 > 0:17:04Stir, stir, stirring nice, make sure it not get burned underneath.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06We are going to use spinach as well.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Yes, yes.- There should be enough for me and you?
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- Yes, enough.- OK. Not too thin.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18The reason why, because if too thin, it almost disappear.
0:17:21 > 0:17:22Mmm-mmm!
0:17:22 > 0:17:23Another few minutes.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27At this stage, I will put the spinach inside.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Quick stir.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33That cat reminds me a little of you, Gennaro.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37- What do you mean, "Reminds me a little bit...?"- It's fat!
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Have you never looked at yourself? - I lost weight, myself.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- Yeah, when?- I, well, look at this...
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Remember, the wine you use for cooking,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48this is the wine you have to drink.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51There is no such, cooking wine.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54If you put a good wine in the dish, you can take it out as well.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- Olive oil.- Mmm.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Let's cream it.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Ah, the smell is wonderful.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Look at the way it's creaming now.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Creaming, that means it goes all round the barley.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07It makes an emulsion.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Yeah, it makes an emulsion.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Mmm, looks good. And no cheese, here.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15There's no cheese.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- It looks very good.- Lovely.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Parsley on top.
0:18:27 > 0:18:28Go on.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- Hmm?- Mmm.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- Hmm?- Mmm.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43- The flavour is fantastic. - Say no more.
0:18:43 > 0:18:49'Orzotto con Maiale. Make sure you give to the kids.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52'Like Antonio, they will love it.'
0:18:57 > 0:19:00'Having seen children butchering the pig,
0:19:00 > 0:19:04'I was thinking it's wonderful the young are still getting
0:19:04 > 0:19:08'the same start that put us on the road to success.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14'I was looking forward to joining some friends
0:19:14 > 0:19:17'for a traditional Southern Christening.'
0:19:20 > 0:19:24'Salvatore and his wife Katarina are celebrating the baptism
0:19:24 > 0:19:27'of their first baby, Gregorio.'
0:19:27 > 0:19:29That's wonderful. Quanto tempo a...?
0:19:29 > 0:19:32BOTH: Tre mesi. He's three months old.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36'Brothers, cousins, aunties and uncles have travelled
0:19:36 > 0:19:40'from all corners of Italy and the globe to join in the fun.'
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Buongiorno tutti!
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Good morning.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49'Like all Christenings I remember from the old days,
0:19:49 > 0:19:53'this one begins with making Christening biscuits.'
0:19:53 > 0:19:57It's almost like seeing a movie of me when I was a little boy.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01I can see that little child there, kind of reminds me,
0:20:01 > 0:20:03helping the family.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06I can actually almost see my mother at the back,
0:20:06 > 0:20:10you know, frying fish, and my sister get in and I say,
0:20:10 > 0:20:13"Look, this is wrong. This is what it's about!"
0:20:14 > 0:20:18It does make my hairs...
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Ready? Ready?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24It is such a joy.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32That is, this is me. Como ti chiami?
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Gregorio.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37His name is Gregorio, do you know, but this could well be Gennarino.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44'When I was young, me and my friend, we would look out
0:20:44 > 0:20:49'for Christenings, and then fill our pockets with lovely, warm biscuits.'
0:20:50 > 0:20:52HE SPEAKS ITALIAN
0:20:59 > 0:21:02I just asked him, what do you like to do?
0:21:02 > 0:21:07Just play on a computer? Watch TV, or just help your mama to cook?
0:21:07 > 0:21:08He said, "This is what I like to do."
0:21:14 > 0:21:19'This brings alive for me all the excitement on party days.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22'My mama and my auntie was dressed up,
0:21:22 > 0:21:24'and the whole family would be together.'
0:21:29 > 0:21:33'For me and my sisters, the most exciting part
0:21:33 > 0:21:38'of any big family occasion was when we sat around the big table to eat.'
0:21:38 > 0:21:42Did you know, Antonio, here they don't have crisps and jelly.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45In other words, they don't have food for children.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49The children's food is exactly the same as for grown-ups.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- They eat the chilli!- Yeah, and they have to be used to that
0:21:53 > 0:21:56because that's what they're eating. It's very healthy and very good.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Gennaro, that's really, my heart beats when I see this.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04- Mine, too. So, shall we lift a glass?- Salute!
0:22:08 > 0:22:13'Just when I thought the children were having the same start we had,
0:22:13 > 0:22:20'I learned that life was not going to be the same for them at all.'
0:22:21 > 0:22:27My brothers, when we was child, every day is totally...
0:22:29 > 0:22:36The past, people don't think about the money to make a child. Now...
0:22:36 > 0:22:41Now, if you want to give education, if you want to give anything,
0:22:41 > 0:22:44you have to really seriously think if you have to have a child or not.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48'For me, it's unthinkable that big families
0:22:48 > 0:22:53'which were so much a part of life in Southern Italy
0:22:53 > 0:22:56'are becoming a memory.'
0:22:56 > 0:23:01'One in four children here will have no brothers or sisters.'
0:23:02 > 0:23:04It's silence in the house.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Oh, wow.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Sad. Very sad.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Ah, bless you. It's heavy, Sophia.
0:23:21 > 0:23:27'It hurts me to say that Italy now has the second lowest birth rate
0:23:27 > 0:23:31'of any country in the Western world.'
0:23:37 > 0:23:39'With so few babies being born,
0:23:39 > 0:23:43'Christenings are becoming something of a rare event.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50'It looks like the whole town of Nicotera Marina has turned up
0:23:50 > 0:23:55'to see little Gregorio welcomed into the church.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59'Under the watchful eyes of the Madonna, naturally.'
0:24:05 > 0:24:09'We have an expression in Italy, "Bambinone."
0:24:09 > 0:24:13'It is to describe the babies that have life so good,
0:24:13 > 0:24:15'they never grow up.'
0:24:16 > 0:24:20'And what do babies do? They sleep in all the time.'
0:24:25 > 0:24:30'But even Antonio's mum, she never warmed the Holy water.'
0:24:37 > 0:24:40BABY CRIES
0:24:40 > 0:24:43BRASS BAND PLAYS
0:24:45 > 0:24:48'Baby Gregorio's Christening coincides
0:24:48 > 0:24:51'with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55'This is when Catholics like to remind themselves
0:24:55 > 0:24:58'that the Madonna was born without sin.
0:24:58 > 0:25:04'As my mother would say, "You know for sure that Jesus was Italian,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07"because his mama believed her son to be a god,
0:25:07 > 0:25:11"and he thought she was a virgin."
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Italian organised chaos.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23'For the procession of the Immaculata Conceptione, the statue
0:25:23 > 0:25:27'of the Virgin is carried through the narrow street to the seashore.'
0:25:29 > 0:25:34'Here, they say, it was miraculously washed up centuries ago
0:25:34 > 0:25:37'and rescued by local fishermen.'
0:25:37 > 0:25:41When the Madonna appears, even grown men, they are just like children.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45'Of course, Gennaro, a firm believer,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48'has become as a child in the presence of the Madonna.'
0:25:48 > 0:25:51ANTONIO LAUGHS
0:25:51 > 0:25:55Oh, you look wonderful. You...ha-ha!
0:25:56 > 0:26:00'As an expression of the strength of their feelings
0:26:00 > 0:26:04'for the Eternal Mother, local men fight for the privilege
0:26:04 > 0:26:08'of holding the heavy statue clear of the waves.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12'But who is going to carry the Virgin in the future?'
0:26:14 > 0:26:18'This is not a job for a bambinone!
0:26:18 > 0:26:21'Men only need to apply.'
0:26:23 > 0:26:26ALL: Viva Maria!
0:26:26 > 0:26:30I wanted to do it, I really wanted to do it. Never mind, I got wet.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35But it was good, good feeling. I just felt fantastic.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38And look at that. The sun has come out where the Madonna is.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Such faith, look at that.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Whoa!
0:26:49 > 0:26:51- ALL: Viva, Maria!- Viva Maria!
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Do you know what the lady, she said?
0:26:56 > 0:26:59She said, "It is a blessing from the Madonna."
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Maybe it is.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10'It looks like the Virgin only gave us good weather for her outing.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14'As the fishermen return her to the comfort of the church,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17'things take a turn for the worse.'
0:27:19 > 0:27:24'I'm left behind, I'm cold and I'm wet, and I'm looking for Antonio.'
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- Antonio...- Oh, you are sweet.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35That's sweet. I have to take a picture.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37That's too sweet. What did you do?
0:27:37 > 0:27:40You lost, you left the other one there or what?
0:27:40 > 0:27:44No, I've got...can you see?
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Oh, that's fantastic! Wonderful!
0:27:56 > 0:27:59'I think I know what my friend Gennaro needs.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03'I'm going to make him a warming Zuppa di Pesce.'
0:28:03 > 0:28:07This dish here is for you and all the chaps
0:28:07 > 0:28:10that were transporting the Madonna.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13'For a traditional fish soup,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16'I never use less than five different types of fish.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23'Here, I have prawns, monkfish, sea bass and a handful of scallops.'
0:28:25 > 0:28:27If you cut me the onion, Gennaro.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31You are fantastic, yes. I dedicate it to you, but you have to work.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33'But first we have to make a base,
0:28:33 > 0:28:35'for which we must have the usual onion
0:28:35 > 0:28:39'and a clove of garlic, crushed, of course.'
0:28:39 > 0:28:42And now, one whole chilli.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47Yes. Just cut it like this, with all the seeds.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50The seed is the essence of a chilli.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Everybody takes it out, I don't know why. Put it in.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Sometimes they say, "You don't fry with extra virgin olive oil",
0:28:58 > 0:29:02but for things like this, it's fantastic.
0:29:02 > 0:29:08Then a little fennel. They give a particular flavour.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12'Then, I add a generous glass of red wine,
0:29:12 > 0:29:16'followed by two tins of chopped tomatoes
0:29:16 > 0:29:19'and around half a litre of water.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22'Now, for the most important ingredient.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25'We should always flavour the base of fish soup
0:29:25 > 0:29:26'with one of the rockfish.'
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Look at that, look at that, Antonio.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31- Can you see? Wah!- A-agh!
0:29:31 > 0:29:36'Rockfish are bottom feeders, and that makes them very tasty.'
0:29:38 > 0:29:42'I have chosen scorpion fish, but if you're using one of these,
0:29:42 > 0:29:44'look out for the hidden spines.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46'They may cause a nasty sting.'
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Add a bit of parsley, thank you.
0:29:55 > 0:30:00Now, this has to cook until the meat comes off the bone.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02So, we can do something else now.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09The fish takes 15 minutes to flavour the base.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11So, there's just time for a hand of cards.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12Joker.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17Come on! The way you cheat is unbelievable!
0:30:19 > 0:30:22- Perfection, Gennaro!- Yeah.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23The base has absorbed the flavour
0:30:23 > 0:30:26and the scorpion fish is cooked.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28There you are!
0:30:29 > 0:30:33So, can you take all the meat off?
0:30:34 > 0:30:36You always give me a lovely job to do.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Later, I'll be adding the boneless meat to the soup.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Let me see, do I take this?
0:30:44 > 0:30:47That is the cheek, it is very... It's the best bit.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50- We will see how it tastes.- Thank you.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- It's the best bit? - Yeah, it's the best bit.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Now, is the time to add the other fish,
0:31:00 > 0:31:04starting with the one that takes the longest to cook.
0:31:04 > 0:31:10First in, chopped monkfish fillet.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Salt and pepper.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Does it taste? Yes.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21This fish here, this is sea bass.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27Then, we put in the prawns.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34Mmmm! Another bit of salt.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Wonderful!
0:31:37 > 0:31:40The flesh of the scorpion fish is then added
0:31:40 > 0:31:43and last, but not least, the scallops
0:31:43 > 0:31:45as they take the shortest time to cook.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52And now for something quintessentially Italian...
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Before the soup, crostini, drizzled with olive oil
0:31:59 > 0:32:03and put in the bottom of every bowl.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07The fish... Oh, yes! Look at this.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11- Wonderful!- It is almost...
0:32:11 > 0:32:15- The smell! The smell! - It's really very good.- The smell!
0:32:15 > 0:32:18- Buon appetito.- Buon appetito.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20I feel like a cat,
0:32:20 > 0:32:21a greedy cat.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27You do cook this soup
0:32:27 > 0:32:29so fantastically...
0:32:29 > 0:32:32- The bread underneath...- It's lovely.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37For Italians, soup without soggy bread
0:32:37 > 0:32:41would be like boiled egg without soldiers.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45Like the other 60 million Italians
0:32:45 > 0:32:47who live abroad
0:32:47 > 0:32:49and, remember,
0:32:49 > 0:32:51most of them come from
0:32:51 > 0:32:54the poorer regions of the south, like Calabria...
0:32:54 > 0:32:57It's lovely and fresh here, Antonio.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02..when we come home, we are all looking to find our roots.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Unbelievable.
0:33:04 > 0:33:09We are all looking to revisit our childhoods.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12My father was station master of the railway.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16I was playing in something like this, coming back home, black with coal
0:33:16 > 0:33:18and, all of a sudden, my mother... Woah!
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Stay there! Don't move!
0:33:23 > 0:33:26I'm going to try and ride towards you.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Can you see me?
0:33:36 > 0:33:38I love how silly you are... Fantastic.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41- Thank you.- You make the noise of the train.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46It was a goods train that, every day,
0:33:46 > 0:33:51was passing by the little station, where my father was station master,
0:33:51 > 0:33:55taking up a sort of food parcel
0:33:55 > 0:33:58that my mother prepared, that was my lunch,
0:33:58 > 0:34:01when I was at school, seven miles down the road.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03- Every day?- Every day.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06'My little knife, my little fork,
0:34:06 > 0:34:09'my little napkin...'
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Usually, I would have soup or pasta
0:34:12 > 0:34:14and a little bit of fish
0:34:14 > 0:34:18and even a little square of cheese,
0:34:18 > 0:34:21bread and an orange
0:34:21 > 0:34:22I always will remember that.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26So, you got hot food every day?
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Yes, and it was coming
0:34:29 > 0:34:32and I was the most happy boy in the world.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36My father, a linen tailor,
0:34:36 > 0:34:39did not deliver my school lunch.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44I had lovely healthy school dinners.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49I love school dinners so much,
0:34:49 > 0:34:53I could not wait to see what was on the school menu.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56But I was in for a shock.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02- No, we haven't. We haven't got school dinners. - Why there is no school dinners?
0:35:03 > 0:35:08Because their grandmothers, they prefer to cook at home.
0:35:08 > 0:35:13- Yeah, but they can't go home. - They go home for lunch.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17All very well for those who have mothers to cook for them
0:35:17 > 0:35:20but what of those who don't?
0:35:20 > 0:35:26I think there is a bad way to eat, among our children, our students.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28We have a problem of obesity.
0:35:28 > 0:35:33For the children left to fend for themselves over lunch,
0:35:33 > 0:35:36there is no healthy option.
0:35:42 > 0:35:47This is the problem, this is the problem.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Horror show.
0:35:49 > 0:35:57Here we have the machine where our students come to have a snack.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03But it's a bad way of eating.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07This is stuff which I never allowed my children to eat.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Venticinque.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14400 calories? Come on!
0:36:18 > 0:36:22I don't need to guess why the kids get so fat.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30I remember, properly, when you used to go, YOU used to go to school,
0:36:30 > 0:36:33I used to go to school, there was always somebody cooking.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37Gennaro, that was 50 years ago. Come on!
0:36:37 > 0:36:40- Everything is changing constantly in Italy.- But not for children.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- Not for children. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Italy's a country where we look after the children.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56Antonio, do you know what, I'm so angry. I'm quite upset.
0:36:56 > 0:37:01How can a school with children like that have a vending machine?
0:37:01 > 0:37:07- I'm angry. It's...- Gennaro, quiet down, my dear, quiet down.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10I can't! I can't just quiet down.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12It is a sign of our time as well,
0:37:12 > 0:37:16that we have to copy everything that America sends to us.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22Like Gennaro, I hate to see our countrymen forget the lessons
0:37:22 > 0:37:25we taught the rest of the world.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29And that is the health benefit in eating proper food.
0:37:29 > 0:37:34Look at this. It's unbelievable. And this is a hospital.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39In the '50s, American scientists came to Nicotera
0:37:39 > 0:37:43to see why people here were the healthiest in the world.
0:37:56 > 0:38:01'But now, over a third of local children
0:38:01 > 0:38:04'are clinically obese by the age of eight.'
0:38:04 > 0:38:09I don't understand. When I was their age, I was as thin as a rake.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13'He might have been skinny back then,
0:38:13 > 0:38:17'but it's obvious Gennaro now has a problem.'
0:38:17 > 0:38:23'I have arranged to have him checked out by the dietician.'
0:38:23 > 0:38:25THEY SPEAK IN ITALIAN
0:38:27 > 0:38:32- Genarro Contaldo. Antonio, you should be the one.- No, I'm fine.
0:38:32 > 0:38:39- Are you sure?- For my height and for my build, I am perfectly all right.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42I'm going to prove to you how fit I am. You stay there.
0:38:44 > 0:38:49- Look here, look here. - Antonio...- This, here. Look.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Look, THIS, here! Look at this!
0:38:52 > 0:38:54That is all muscle.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55Mine as well.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00'I have been tricked
0:39:00 > 0:39:04'and I am determined to prove that Antonio is wrong.
0:39:04 > 0:39:09'I'm going to have a full examination and a full body scan.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10'In the meantime,
0:39:10 > 0:39:13I have some serious questions for the dietician.'
0:39:15 > 0:39:21'Why in southern Italy, when there is a proven history of good dieting,
0:39:21 > 0:39:23'do children now have a problem?'
0:39:42 > 0:39:46What the doctor told me made me very sad.
0:39:46 > 0:39:51I could cry when I think of Italy's only children eating alone
0:39:51 > 0:39:55with their TV on. What hope do they have of growing up to be successful,
0:39:55 > 0:39:58of growing up to be strong?
0:40:00 > 0:40:06I wanted to talk to Gennaro. But he had worries of his own.
0:40:07 > 0:40:12- You are obese. - 'I cannot believe it.'
0:40:15 > 0:40:19- So I need to lose about 50, nearly 20 kilos?- Yes.
0:40:22 > 0:40:2410, can we make at least 10?
0:40:24 > 0:40:30- Gennaro, tell me the truth, what happened?- Nothing happened.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33- Fantastic. Really, really good. - It was fantastic?- Yes, look at that.
0:40:33 > 0:40:38- I am hungry, shall we go to eat? - I'm not actually very hungry myself.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42No, well, I like to eat some little bits, perhaps some little fruit.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44An orange would be very good.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Do you think I can go inside
0:40:50 > 0:40:53and borrow some of those oranges and mandarins?
0:40:53 > 0:40:58- I wouldn't necessarily suggest it. - Why?- Because you may be shot.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02'We were on the hunt for a light lunch.'
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Ooh, there, there, there.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07- I'm just going to get something. - There, there, yes.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16'I was very relieved to see
0:41:16 > 0:41:20'that Gennaro was getting his appetite back.'
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Antonio, here, hold it.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30- Just a minute. - They're sweet. Wonderful.
0:41:33 > 0:41:34Thank you!
0:41:38 > 0:41:41'If you think for one minute he's going on a diet,
0:41:41 > 0:41:44'just wait and see what Gennaro's going to cook.'
0:41:51 > 0:41:57- Rice cake with orange, Antonio.- Mmm! - Orange is everywhere around here.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- This is unbelievable. Milk. - The milk is cooking now.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05- Yeah, it's less than two litres. - And this is 200 grams of sugar?
0:42:05 > 0:42:07200 grams of sugar.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Nice.
0:42:10 > 0:42:17- Oh, my God, ah, smell it.- Ah! - Just, oh, yes, look, it goes in.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21So the older rinds give the flavour.
0:42:21 > 0:42:28'This dish is not very slimming, but at least it is proper food.'
0:42:28 > 0:42:34I'm going to put an extra bit for me. I love lemon. Then, vanilla pod.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38It is so important you use fresh vanilla pod.
0:42:38 > 0:42:44Aroma of vanilla, it is OK, but it's very plastic.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48But if you use a nice vanilla pod, it's a little bit expensive,
0:42:48 > 0:42:51but it gives you a different flavour altogether.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54- Then you slice right through. - Yes, yes.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57And look inside, the lovely seeds.
0:42:57 > 0:43:02- Look at that, look at that, look at that.- That's wonderful.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06This one goes in, just leave them on top for now.
0:43:06 > 0:43:11Now we have to wait till the milk goes to boiling.
0:43:11 > 0:43:16All the flavour is of the lemons and milk, with the sugar, perfect.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20You can see it now, it's almost boiled. 300 grams.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24And the rice, which rice is this?
0:43:24 > 0:43:32'I'm using good risotto rice, because I wanted to stay al dente.' Stir it.
0:43:32 > 0:43:38'That will cook about 45 minutes until all the lovely flavour of lemon
0:43:38 > 0:43:41'and milk absorbs into the rice.'
0:43:41 > 0:43:46Antonio, don't you think our children don't eat much fruit today?
0:43:46 > 0:43:52- Unfortunately not.- I remember, as soon as the fresh fruit is coming out on the tree,
0:43:52 > 0:43:56we used to raid the tree, we used to get on top there.
0:43:56 > 0:44:01We used to borrow quite a lot. Whilst I was borrowing once,
0:44:01 > 0:44:05we left our shoes at the bottom of the tree and the owner came.
0:44:05 > 0:44:09- He took our shoes away.- Haha! - There's a good one.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12'Whilst the cooked rice mixture was cooling off,
0:44:12 > 0:44:15'we went in search of two zesty oranges.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18'Borrowing will always be second nature.
0:44:18 > 0:44:22'Only these days, we ask permission of the owner.'
0:44:22 > 0:44:26My God, I put so much lemon. There is another one.
0:44:26 > 0:44:30'When the rice is cool, remove the lemon peel.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34'And separate five fresh eggs.'
0:44:36 > 0:44:41Lovely and thick and white. Faster! 'Whisk the white of the eggs.
0:44:41 > 0:44:47'And then add two tablespoons of orange liquors to the yolks.'
0:44:47 > 0:44:49Three for me.
0:44:50 > 0:44:56'Then you mix the lovely orange flavoured yolk to the rice mixture.
0:44:57 > 0:45:04'Add the grated zest of an orange.' That lovely flavour.
0:45:04 > 0:45:13Yeah, look at this, Gennaro. In fact, it's exactly as it should be.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15Yeah, it's done.
0:45:15 > 0:45:19A small handful of raisins.
0:45:21 > 0:45:22- Ah!- Thank you.
0:45:24 > 0:45:25This is the joy.
0:45:25 > 0:45:30I will fold in egg white, and the egg white will give that lift.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33- The lightness.- The lightness.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39And now, slowly, you fold...
0:45:39 > 0:45:43- Slowly, otherwise all the air that I put into that, it goes.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:45:43 > 0:45:44That's why.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48It's a joy.
0:45:48 > 0:45:53'Then pour the mixture into a prepared cake tin
0:45:53 > 0:45:58'and then cook in the oven at 180 for about an hour.'
0:45:58 > 0:46:00It looks very good, Gennaro.
0:46:00 > 0:46:06Right on top. Don't waste anything at all.
0:46:09 > 0:46:13'I was planning to serve my cake with fresh oranges.
0:46:13 > 0:46:18- 'Unfortunately, some greedy Italian can't wait.'- Mmm...
0:46:18 > 0:46:22- That's a really good one.- Mmm!
0:46:25 > 0:46:29'One hour later, remove it.'
0:46:31 > 0:46:33Yes! Yes.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35Icing sugar.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41- That's good.- What a marriage.
0:46:45 > 0:46:46And over there.
0:46:48 > 0:46:53- It looks like a little jewel. - It is a little jewel.- Ah!
0:46:55 > 0:46:57Very good, very good, Antonio.
0:46:59 > 0:47:03- It looks very good. - All the lovely rice inside.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11'If your kids don't like fruit, give them this
0:47:11 > 0:47:14'and they will learn to love the taste of fresh orange.'
0:47:19 > 0:47:23- Very good, Gennaro. - Mmm!- I like it.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28You know, lately, you start to cook a little bit better.
0:47:36 > 0:47:39Just as we were about to give up hope for the future,
0:47:39 > 0:47:43we received news from the Ministry of Agriculture
0:47:43 > 0:47:46of a Calabrian food campaigner.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50He lives where the philosopher Pythagoras set up a school
0:47:50 > 0:47:53500 years before Christ.
0:47:55 > 0:47:59And Pythagoras wrote the first recipe book ever
0:47:59 > 0:48:02to recommend eating fruit and veg.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07This is a very important person here.
0:48:08 > 0:48:12'We have come to pay homage to the new Pythagoras.'
0:48:12 > 0:48:14- Hi there!- Joshua, come stai?
0:48:14 > 0:48:19- Bene. Entrare.- Si, si, grazie!
0:48:19 > 0:48:24'12-year-old Joshua Pratico gained recognition for having written
0:48:24 > 0:48:26'a book of traditional snacks.'
0:48:26 > 0:48:28So, finally, somebody's teaching you something.
0:48:28 > 0:48:32Well, Joshua's going to teach me how to do this recipe.
0:48:32 > 0:48:36THEY SPEAK IN ITALIAN
0:48:38 > 0:48:40Did you hear what he said?
0:48:40 > 0:48:44"Just cut me onions because I'm not very good."
0:48:44 > 0:48:47Cutting onions, do you know what,
0:48:47 > 0:48:50I know somebody as well who can really do that.
0:48:50 > 0:48:54THEY SPEAK IN ITALIAN
0:48:55 > 0:48:58- Like that? Si?- Si.
0:49:05 > 0:49:09- First time that a little boy... - Teaches you, huh?
0:49:09 > 0:49:12Yeah, but I love it. You know, I've learned something.
0:49:12 > 0:49:17'Joshua was showing me how to make his favourite recipe,
0:49:17 > 0:49:20'aubergine fritters.'
0:49:20 > 0:49:22Well, I will do something, yes.
0:49:22 > 0:49:26- Yes, you do something, thank you very much.- And good luck to you. - Thank you very much.
0:49:26 > 0:49:30Learn something from the little boy here. He will teach you something.
0:49:30 > 0:49:34And as soon as he teach me something, I will teach you something else.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37All right this way? OK the way I'm doing it?
0:49:38 > 0:49:44- Two.- Two.- Three.- Three.- Four. - It's done.
0:49:44 > 0:49:48- No, continuare, continuare. - We need to do some more. OK.
0:49:48 > 0:49:52I feel like a commis. It's OK like that?
0:49:54 > 0:49:58I do it quicker than him, I do it quicker than him!
0:49:58 > 0:50:01'I have left young Joshua to the care of Genarro,
0:50:01 > 0:50:05'while I have a chat with his mamma and granny.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34Inside here, we have the cooked aubergines.
0:50:34 > 0:50:38Thank you very much. Breadcrumbs.
0:50:38 > 0:50:44- Can I help you?- Si.- Yeah. Parmigiano, you want, eh?- Si.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46OK, I make Parmigiano.
0:50:58 > 0:51:02Grannies, in Italy, they are extremely important.
0:51:02 > 0:51:07It is practically the soul of the family, where Granny is.
0:51:07 > 0:51:13'It fills me with hope, knowing that in this age of working mothers
0:51:13 > 0:51:16'and only children, grannies are coming back,
0:51:16 > 0:51:21'because this means Granny's way of cooking is reaching the new generation.'
0:51:21 > 0:51:27This is the first time that a little boy showed me how to cook,
0:51:27 > 0:51:29and I'm enjoying it.
0:51:29 > 0:51:35He's such a lovely boy. Imagine if all children his age could do this.
0:51:37 > 0:51:40You'd eat well for the rest of your life.
0:51:40 > 0:51:45And carry on the generation after generation, how to eat healthy food.
0:51:47 > 0:51:51'God willing, the great Italian food tradition
0:51:51 > 0:51:54'will not be overtaken by the vending machine.
0:51:54 > 0:52:00'The grannies will take care of that, and lovely boys like Joshua.
0:52:02 > 0:52:05- Mmm.- Buono?
0:52:09 > 0:52:12Mmm. That is fantastic.
0:52:13 > 0:52:18Let's see if two chefs have spoilt the broth. Mmm.
0:52:28 > 0:52:34- Mmm.- Ah, he likes it! Give me five! Yeah, we've done it!
0:52:34 > 0:52:38You know what, he could easily beat you when he was 11 years old,
0:52:38 > 0:52:42the way he was telling me. "Give me this, give me that,
0:52:42 > 0:52:44"fry this, fry that."
0:52:46 > 0:52:51- Grazie.- So that he can write his own recipes.- Oh!
0:52:51 > 0:52:53'I am not alone in giving encouragement.
0:52:53 > 0:52:57'Joshua's award was part of a nationwide initiative
0:52:57 > 0:52:59'to get austerity-hit Italy
0:52:59 > 0:53:02'to rediscover its traditional way of eating.'
0:53:04 > 0:53:05Grazie.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08And then, when you do this particular one recipe,
0:53:08 > 0:53:12you write it again and say, "Helped by Genarro Contaldo,
0:53:12 > 0:53:15"and tasted by Antonio Carluccio."
0:53:15 > 0:53:18I have to give him a kiss. Joshua, the Italian way.
0:53:22 > 0:53:27Delighted as I was to meet Joshua, one thing still troubled me.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30There he was, surrounded by adults.
0:53:30 > 0:53:35I longed to see him with a family of children around him,
0:53:35 > 0:53:37like we enjoyed in our day.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49Wow! Buongiorno!
0:53:51 > 0:53:56'In the town of Serrastretta was a clever priest, Don Gigi,
0:53:56 > 0:54:01'and he shared our concern for children growing up alone.
0:54:01 > 0:54:05'His father was a baker, so he built a good oven
0:54:05 > 0:54:07'right beside his church so the kids now come here
0:54:07 > 0:54:10'and bake bread together.'
0:54:12 > 0:54:15I know which kind of bread it will be!
0:54:15 > 0:54:19A bit more flour and a bit more water and a bit more flour.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23- Acqua!- Acqua!
0:54:25 > 0:54:30- A bit of salt.- It is unbelievable!
0:54:54 > 0:55:00Basically, it's exactly what all children in the world should do.
0:55:00 > 0:55:05Get knowledgeable about food in this quite entertaining
0:55:05 > 0:55:08and lovely play way.
0:55:08 > 0:55:12Well, it's lovely to see.
0:55:12 > 0:55:15He said, "Look, what a smile."
0:56:06 > 0:56:08What we have seen here
0:56:08 > 0:56:09in Serrastretta made me optimistic, too.
0:56:12 > 0:56:15'The children were so full of life,
0:56:15 > 0:56:18'so beautiful, healthy and full of fun.'
0:56:20 > 0:56:21Come on, Antonio!
0:56:23 > 0:56:27'And not a single one showed any sign of being overweight.'
0:56:35 > 0:56:40'So we have gone full circle, gone back to where we started.
0:56:40 > 0:56:45'And it seems once again Italy has got things right.'
0:56:45 > 0:56:48So many children, Antonio.
0:56:50 > 0:56:53- Gennaro, this is success. - The future.
0:57:03 > 0:57:07We might cook very good, we might do fantastic things,
0:57:07 > 0:57:12it's a lovely country, but do you know what the best recipe for Italy?
0:57:12 > 0:57:17- We produce fantastic children. - But we don't make children enough.
0:57:17 > 0:57:21- We don't cook enough.- Yes.- We should do more.- This is the generation.
0:57:21 > 0:57:25- Yes, we do more, we need to do more children.- So shall I do them?
0:57:25 > 0:57:28- You don't need to. Come on, let's go.- You?
0:57:28 > 0:57:30Come on, let's go.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33Come on! Come on, come on, come on.
0:57:36 > 0:57:40- 'Next...' Finally the sea, Gennaro.- It is beautiful.
0:57:40 > 0:57:45- 'We are visiting the Italian Riviera...'- Bellissima!
0:57:45 > 0:57:47What a catch.
0:57:47 > 0:57:51'..to see if Italy still knows how to make the best of herself.'
0:57:51 > 0:57:53The olives, wow!
0:57:53 > 0:57:56'What you English might call showing off,
0:57:56 > 0:57:58'we call "la bella figura".
0:57:59 > 0:58:04'And, of course, we will be eating lots of delicious food.'
0:58:04 > 0:58:08- This is your wine, this is your glass.- Thank you.
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