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Two Greedy Italians

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Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo explore Italian culture and cuisine.

Chefs Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo return to the Italy they left more than 40 years ago, to discover what has changed in Italian culture and how that has affected the way Italians eat

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Two Greedy Italians: Series 2

Antonio Carluccio

Gennaro Contaldo

Caroline Ross Pirie

Zoe Collins

Two Greedy Italians: Series 2: Episode 1: Calabria and Bambinone

Calabria and Bambinone

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Episode 1: Calabria and Bambinone

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Antonio and Gennaro return to Italy, this time revisiting the food of Italian childhood.

Series exploring Italian culture and cuisine. Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo investigate how children's food has changed since they were boys.

Italians are sentimental about childhood, especially in the south, where children are idolised and even revered. And because life for little boys is so very good, there is a part of every Italian male that never grows up. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the character and antics of Antonio and Gennaro, both of whom were southern born. 

We join them on a sentimental journey through the countryside 'that was our sweet shop' to discover just how healthy and delicious children's food can be. Antonio divulges the secret of his silver service hot packed school lunches while Gennaro shares the childhood mystery of the ritual pig kill.  But life for children today is changing dramatically. 

With rapidly declining birth rates, one in four will now grow up without either brothers or sisters. Antonio and Gennaro are saddened by the revelation but are very relieved to find people working to get kids together to cook, so tomorrow's greedy Italians will never eat alone.

Featuring dishes including fish stew, rice cake flavoured with orange and orzotto (pork and pearl barley risotto).

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Chefs Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo return to Italy once more

Chefs Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo return once more to Italy to discover what has changed in Italian culture and how that has affected the way Italians eat

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