Cooking heartthrob David Rocco returns for another great season on TLN! Part cooking show, part cultural exposé, season four of David Rocco’s Dolce Vita is all about the beauty of basics – and the magic of Italian cooking that anyone can achieve at home. This year David and his family have settled at a centuries old farmhouse in the Tuscan countryside, just outside of Chianti. Inspired by ‘cucina povera’ or ‘peasant cuisine’ that is at the heart of Italian cooking, David makes dishes using great olive oil and simple seasonal fresh ingredients sometimes even picked from his own garden. Episodes on TLN are broadcast with a twist as Rocco offers Italian language commentary to enrich the immersion experience.

“David Rocco’s Dolce Vita” is our guide to all things Italian. As always, the starting point is food. Italian cooking is all about the simple things, and how, if you learn to do these simple things well, life is that much better. I say this all the time and believe it absolutely: you don't need a cooking diploma to make fantastic Italian dishes.

The show is also about how food brings friends and family together.

Since the show began, we've been based in Florence. Season one and most of season two were all about beautiful Florence, Firenze, from the sophisticated cafes and restaurants to the markets, some of the great characters who work in the food sector, and of course friends and family. At the end of season two, we went south to the legendary Amalfi coast, famous for its lemon groves. Last season we celebrated spring in Florence and then traveled to Sicily where we explored the famous Palermo markets, met some incredible people in the wine, agriculture and food sectors, and then traveled back to Amalfi with a stop in the gorgeous resort town of Ischia.

Avventura: Journeys in Italian Cuisine was my first television series! It's a travelogue, a road trip through Italy, where you'll see the country and meet some incredible peopleÑfarmers, artists, shopkeepers and, of course, chefs!

So in these pages you'll come with me while I go on a series of adventures: learning how to prepare traditional Italian foods with the experts, searching out what is arguably the best bread in the world in Soverato, hunting for the rich, earthy gourmet truffles near Spoleto with a professional truffle hunter, hitting a harvest festival in Tuscany. The chefs, home cooks, artists, farmers that we encountered were generous and let me come into their worlds and dig in. I was a cookie chef, a baker, a potter, a farmhand for a day! Italians cook with the season, with what is available locally, and from region to region you'll learn about some of the different specialties, each with their own traditions and ways of preparation.

I was also a tourist in the country of my ancestors enjoying the history and the beauty, always with an eye out for a new adventure.

Goda!