World Famous Comics: Flavors of Italy: Northern Italy and Tuscany
Flavors of Italy: Northern Italy and Tuscany
Starring: Flavors of Italy: Northern Italy & Tuscany Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Columbia River Ent. Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 08, 2005 Running Time: 144 minutes Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Description: Italy is considered one of the culinary capitals of the world. Each of its great cities exhibits its own culinary identity, and its own exciting and colorful cuisine. In this program, we travel through the great cities of northern Italy and Tuscany, experiencing the local history and pageantry. Under the guidance of Italy's most famous chefs, we learn to prepare the cuisine that has made the Italian kitchen justly famous. The splendor of Italy and the wonders of its kitchen await us. Buon appetito!
Cheesy I like my cheese in my pasta not in a video about food. This has to be one of the poorest edited and shot video about Italy and Italian food I've seen. Some of the narration was absolutely nonsense.
60% Commentary, 40% Cooking We find the "Flavors" DVDs in general are 60% commentary on locale/history and site seeing, 40% actual cooking. This one is no different. The site seeing parts are interesting as is the cuisine. As others may have mentioned the video quality of the cooking spots does seem amateur.
If I wanted to see a cooking show, I would be watching the Food Network The narrating for each area was OK, but could've been more in depth. The focus is definitely on food, but instead of giving the viewer an all-around feel for the local cuisine, this DVD concentrates only on a few recipes from local restaurants, which you cannot replicate, because most of the ingredients are hard to find in the US. The quality is very low, blurry, and the composition is almost amateur-like. It looks a bit outdated, the music is the same old, lousy Italian stereo-typical mandolin that plays throughout the documentary. OK, fine, the price is what it is so you can't expect a Ken Burns film shoot, but I just think this product doesn't do my country justice!! I would suggest to save your money and watch better shows on the Travel Channel or the Food Network.
Learn to cook. Excellent demonstrations and recipes. Most involve layers of vegtables and meat cooked together. The narrator is so so, but does get the point across. The landscapes are beautiful.
Northern Italy and Tuscany The scenery was magnificent. I did not like the female narrator. She did not pronounce the Italian correctly and that annoyed me. Overall, I loved seeing different Northern Italian cities.
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