“Two Greedy Italians”

Buonissimo. Grazie for sharing.

Delightful! Thanks for the tip.

That was so much fun to watch. I want to travel with those guys! Thanks for the link!

Chef Gennaro has some of the most fun cooking YouTube videos....so much passion for his food.

These were made about 8 years ago and there are a total of eight episodes. They are excellent.

Thanks for reminding me about this series. It's been years since I've seen it. I think I'll watch it again.

FYI... Gennaro Contaldo was both teacher and mentor for Jamie Oliver.

Just finished watching one episode. Have texted all my Italian friends that they must watch it. Thanks for the link.

Thanks so much! This is great!

Thanks, looking forward to watching!

I have to look that one up

Thanks so much. I watched the linked video and then searched for more on YouTube. I also watched an episode in the Alps. So many of these recipes seem doable, some even during quarantine. One of the alpine recipes reminded me of a similar one I found in Cucina Italiana a few years ago: one pot, veg (I usually use broccoli), potato, pasta, boiled together, then topped off by garlic sauteed in lots of butter + further topped off with cheese. The two greedy chefs finish theirs in the oven. I have to try that next time. Pure comfort food, say for Friday after work.

Nigel....it was aired on BBC2 about eight years ago. I checked but it's not available on iPlayer.

Thanks for this, watching them making silk handkerchiefs at the moment

Thanks for the link. Is interesting that they are original from Naples area, but record the first episode dedicated to Emilia-Romagna.
BTW: Giacobazzi family is not exactly a standard family. They are one of the most important wine producers of Emilia!

These short episodes look to me like they would have originally been on the Saturday morning live cooking show which airs right after the news on the BBC. Even today that show cuts away to little recipes being prepared around Europe or further afield with the celebrity chefs of the moment. They are the right people and the episode is the right length.

Carluccio, the larger of the two man, died last year very unfortunately, and his eponymous restaurant chain, no longer run by him, was on thin ice for the last two years and succumbed at the beginning of the virus problems. The other chap is another excellent chef.

Thank you for this! I watched an episode over my lunch break today - hilarious. A nice way to spend an hour "traveling" with two very funny men.

Thanks a lot, jmanno!

I'm only through the 1st episode, from Emilia-Romagna, but I can see it was shot beautifully. In fact, it reminds me of the Florence episode of 'I'll Have What Phil's Having', created by Everybody Loves Raymond producer Phil Rosenthal. That camerawork was tremendous as well, and of course Italy lends to that.

Bologna looks wonderful & enticing. :::sigh::: Plans are on hold for our April 2021 trip, but I sure hope we get to do it.

To each their own. After a half hour of heavy-handed cliches and out-dated Italian stereotypes, we clicked away.

I find some of them pretty authentic & instructive from a cooking standpoint, and I can certainly stand the cliched stuff as well. If it reminds us of days passed...well, there are far worse things.

I love this short one on the making of my favorite dishes indigenous to Rome--puntarelle salad and Bucatini alla Amatriciana.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2P2amdXif8

I am so Glad I could share this Gem with you all! “Two Greedy Italians” captours many beautiful visuals of Italy and the cultual traditions that I value from my anscesters Homeland!

It was shown years ago on TLN in Toronto. My wife really liked the show but my feelings are similar to Mike’s from Boston (a bit too scripted, as is all reality TV). Jamie Oliver, who I can’t stand, started out working for Gennaro Contaldo and had something to do with producing the show, I believe. I remember reading Carluccio got in a spot of bother, something to do with his workforce.

In one of the episodes, in a cave somewhere (?), Contaldo cooks a simple meal of ground pork and barley . I tweaked it and use hot sausage meat, barley, onion, garlic and grated cheese (usually a combination of old cheddar and asiago). Very tasty.

Thank you for this, we are binge-watching the entire 8 episodes (perfect timing with the lockdown orders). These guys are great and their unique relationship and insights are fun to watch. Very interesting to see how Italy is changing with less 'mamas' learning to cook today due to wanting a career. It was prevalent that most of the women they talked to said they learned to cook from their grandmothers and not their mothers, showing how much less the traditions have already stopped being passed down.

It's also a cooking show in disguise, we played back one of their impromptu cooking lessons over and over again writing down the ingredients list they spoke out loud and will be making the dish for dinner this week!