people and their past. [speaking foreign language]. umbrian food isn t about expensive restaurants or tricky techniques. it s all about the skill and hard work that goes into producing precious raw ingredients, from innovative farmers to noble hunters. and let s not forget the chefs and butchers preserving the traditional ways to cook these treasures of the land. [speaking foreign language]. and a note for any vegetarians watching. umbrian eat a lot of meat. a lot of pork. like a lot of it. huge amounts of it. i surrender to the pork. umbria is named after the umbri. one of italy s most and i shen peoples. their landlocked homeland is right in the middle of the country. bordered on the west by its glamorous neighbor tuscany it s often overlooked. but while the landscape here is similar, the culture is very different, less fancy if you will. and i hear the locals like it that way. they are like flames, aren t they? i m heading deep into the heart of sagrantino te
perched-up hill towns and rustic cuisine. stop filming and just eat it. i m stanley tucci. italian on both sides and i m travel across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions are as unique as the people and their past. [ speaking foreign language ] ummian food isn t about expensive restaurants or tricky techniques. it s all about the skill and hard twhoork goes into producing its precious raw ingredients. for instance owe r from innovative farmers and chefs preserving traditional ways of cooking this food from the lands and a note for vegetarians watching, umbrians eat a lot of meat, like a lot of it, huge amounts of it. i surrender. so the pork umbria is named after the umry, one of italy s most ancient people. their landlocked homeland is right in the middle of the country. bordered on the rest by its more glamorous neighbor tuscany, it s often overlooked and while the landscape here is similar, the culture is very different. less fancy,
[ speaking foreign language ] umbrian food isn t about expensive restaurants or tricky techniques. it s all about the skill and hard work that goes into producing its precious raw ingredients. from innovative farmers to noble hunters. and let s not forget the chefs and butchers preserving the traditional ways of cooking. and a note for any vegetarians watching. umbrians eat a lot of meat, like particularly pork. like a lot of it. huge amounts of it. i surrender. to the pork. umbria is named after the umry, one of italy s most ancient peoples. their landlocked homeland is right in the middle of the country. bordered on the west by its more glamorous neighbor tuscany, it s often overlooked. but while the landscape here is similar, the culture is very different. less fancy, if you will. and i hear the locals like it that way. they re like flames, aren t they? i m heading deep into the heart of sagrantino territory, umbria s luscious wrld-renowned red wine, to meet a man
yeah. umbria is nature. that s why he is so representative of umbria. i could stay in here all day. but it seems matteo s mind has wandered. which is your favorite food? hmm, hard to say. i do like salami. in italy it s never long until someone talks about food. but here in umbria everything comes back to pork. you could say it s like a religion. now with its roots in the sates of asisi but out here in the fo forest primively. food is hunt day and i ve been invited to tag along by claudia.
what did the pope do? he said okay in order to use the sword now i will put a tax on the sword. it s crazy. it s crazy. the salt tax was the last straw. perugia declared war on the pope. but the paypal army crushed the insurgents in the streets. and the pope built a fortress smack in the middle of the town to show the people who was boss. but that didn t stop the people. their spirit of resistance lived on with a culinary plan to rebel against their oppressor. matteo takes me to one of his favorite hangouts. it s a new take on the traditional bodega. amongst the bounty of finest meats and cheeses the secret weapon in the battle against the salt tax. really? wow. [speaking foreign language]