fertile one. arriving in early fall, i charter course through the ancient forests and misty mountains. this is italy before the romans. a place where families lived close to the land. a land of saintly legends, impossibly pernled uphill towns and perfect cuisine. i m stanley tuchy. i m italian on both sides, and i m traveling across the country to discover foods and their ties to the past. umbrian food isn t about expensive restaurants. 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 to cook these treasures of the land. and a note for any vegetarians watching. they eat a lot of meat, particularly pork. like a lot of it. huge amounts of it. i surrender to the pork. umbria is named after one of italy s most ancient people. their land locked homeland is right in the middle of the country. bordered in the west by us
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
what is your favorite food? it is hard to say. i do like salami. in italy, it is never long until someone talks about food. but here in umbria, everything comes back to pork. you could say it is like a religion, not with its roots in the of assisi, but out here in the forest of today s hunt day. and i ve been indicted to tag along by claudia [speaking non-english] we are hunting for, but looking at this spread, it is a wonder that there are any left out there. claudia s hunting group is the
because of his connection with nature, is he like the quintessential saint of umbria? yes. umbria is nature, and that s why he s so representative of umbria. i could stay in here all day, but it seems mateo s mind has wandered. which is your favorite food? it s 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. out here in the forest. today is hunt day, and i have been invited to tag along by
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.