How to Cook Spaghetti Al Limone | Searching for Amalfi Lemons in Naples, Italy
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Not Synced(Nicole) So, you've ridden
a gondola in Venice, -
Not Syncedeaten gelato in Florence,
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Not SyncedNo one earns that badge
till they've been to Naples. -
Not SyncedNaples is not for the faint of hearts,
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Not Syncedit's crowded,
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Not Syncedchaotic,
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Not Syncedand tatted up.
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Not SyncedIt's full of characters
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Not Syncedit's a diamond in the rough.
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Not SyncedThat's what kept me coming back here
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Not Syncedfor two decades.
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I've gotten a hand along her, -
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Not SyncedSo, this time, I've come with backup.
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Not Synced- (Nicole) Buongiorno.
- (Francesca) Buongiorno, Nicole. -
Not Synced(Nicole) I'm heading
the historic quarter with Francesca, -
Not Syncedmy woman on the inside.
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Not SyncedShe's a local expert with context,
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Not Syncedguiding urban explorers
who want to go deeper. -
Not SyncedIn this area is where
I first fell in love with Naples -
Not Synced- because it is full of life, right?
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Not Synced- (Nicole) it's never boring!
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Not Synced(Nicole) Never boring!
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(Nicole) I'm here on a mission. -
Not SyncedIn our last episode,
I spent a day in Amalfi -
Not Syncedwhere I discovered how lemons
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the town from disaster. -
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Not Syncedto learn how lemons have inspired
Italian cooking and culture. -
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Not SyncedAfter the requisite coffee --
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Not Synced(speaking Italian)
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Not Syncedwe start at the beginning.
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Not Synced(Nicole) Naples was first settled
by the ancient Greeks, -
Not Syncedthis was the site of the Agora,
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Not Syncedand later the Roman forum.
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Not SyncedFrancesca shows me
two Corinthians columns, -
Not Syncedlone survivors of a first century temple,
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of a XVII century church. -
Not SyncedThis is what exciting about Naples,
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Not Syncedit's a [ ] story;
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Not Syncedstory you can walk right up to and touch,
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Not Syncedif you know what you're looking at.
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Not SyncedTo outsiders, Naples can seem incrustable,
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Not Syncedit's hard to know where
history ends and myth begins, -
Not Syncedwhere faith fuses with superstition.
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Not SyncedJust look at these
hand-made nativity scenes, -
Not Synceda quintessential Neapolitan fixation.
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Not SyncedYou got modern figures
witnessing the virgin birth, -
Not Syncedand there, under the terracota produce
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Not SyncedI spot them --
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Not Synced(Nicole) All these fake lemons
make me crave the real thing, -
Not Syncedso we head over to Cafeteria Hipolito
where they have -- -
Not Synced(Nicole) Yes!
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Not Synced- (Nicole) Yes, medicinal, right?
- (Francesca) Medicinal. -
Not Synced(Nicole) I think we should have
a little bit of medicine, then, shall we? -
Not SyncedI think we should.
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Not Synced(Music)
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Not SyncedThis looks like... a sugar bomb!
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Not Synced(Nicole) Right here is a sponge cake
filled with lemon cream, -
Not Syncedcovered with chantilly cream.
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Not SyncedOkay, so delizia al limone,
not really my thing, -
Not Synceda little bit too sugary,
a little bit too creamy, -
Not Syncedbut it was fun, it's lemons,
that's what we're doing here, right? -
Not SyncedLuckily, it's nearly lunch time.
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Not SyncedWe're headed to a friend's apartment,
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Not Syncedwhere Francesca has arranged
for me to learn from a local chef -
Not Synceda perfect Neapolitan summer dish,
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- Title:
- How to Cook Spaghetti Al Limone | Searching for Amalfi Lemons in Naples, Italy
- Description:
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- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- Eating With My Five Senses
- Project:
- TRUE FOOD TV: Recipes - PART 1
- Duration:
- 08:02
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