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that means it's the green heart of italy. not a jealous heart but a fertile one. arriving in early fall, i chart a course through umbria's ancient forests and misty mountains. this is italy before the romans. a place where families live close to the land. a land of saintly legends, impossibly perched hilltop towns and rustic cuisine. wow. stop filming and just eat it. cheers. i'm stanley tucci. i'm italian on both sides and i'm traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country's 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. umbrian food isn't about expen...

[ 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...

>> legend has it, that during the renaissance, the master pork smiths of norcia were so skilled with the knife that on occasion they were even called upon to operate on humans, and they've been revered ever since for their craft and warrior-like worth ethic. but today the butchers here are struggling to recruit future norcini. no, no. i leave pepe to get back to work. mind you, he never actually stopped the whole time i've been

Maestro pepe, that's him on the sign manning the sausage machine, is the last true norcino standing. [ speaking foreign language ] legend has it that during the renaissance, the master porksmiths of norca were so skilled with a knife that on occasion they were even called upon to operate on humans, and they have been revered ever since for their craft and warrior-like work ethics. but today the butchers here are struggling to recruit future norcini. [ speaking foreign language ]