707 Islands of Britain; Italy for Food Lovers; Flavors of Florence

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Rick Steves

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🗓️ 11 March 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

English actor Martin Clunes recommends some of his favorite smaller British isles among the many he visited while filming a travel documentary. Then Rick checks in with Italian-food expert Fred Plotkin to celebrate the completion of their new guide to Italy's regional cuisine. And a Florence-based tour guide lets us in on her favorite food and wine shops for showing off her city's culinary delights.

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0:00.0	Great Britain includes a lot of wild and rugged offshore islands.
0:04.6	Coming up, Martin Cloon recommends a few you might try to visit.
0:08.4	They are really woolly and really, it's harsh living out there and you meet the people
0:13.2	in there tough you wouldn't want to fight them.
0:15.2	Eating out in Italy can be an all night affair.
0:17.7	Fred Plotkin reminds us to allow time for dessert and conversation with your fellow diners
0:22.3	as part of the evening's entertainment.
0:24.3	And I spent two more hours with strangers who became friends
0:28.6	just talking about this particular tiramisu.
0:32.7	You make friendships that way.
0:34.8	Or walk off the calories on a street food tour in Florence.
0:37.8	I want you to try the pastries when they're warm out of the oven.
0:39.9	I want you to try the sketchata when it's still fresh.
0:43.0	And also before the locals grab all of it because it runs out pretty quickly.
0:46.4	Everything's very time sensitive when it comes to food.
0:49.1	Stay with us as we enjoy the famous foods of Italy and the lesser known aisles of Britain
0:53.2	in the hour ahead.
0:54.5	It's traveled with Rick Steves.
0:58.6	There's just something about an island that draws our attention.
1:04.8	Last week on Travel with Rick Steves, we got to know how the locals revere the Nordic
1:08.7	heritage and stone monuments of Orkney off the north coast of Scotland.
1:12.9	In a moment, Martin Clunes recommends more of the offshore islands of Britain that are
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