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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...

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. o...

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 watc...

[ 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...

♪ ♪ ♪ wild boar have roamed the umbrian forests, and been a core part of the diet here for thousands of years. both revered and feared, today they have no natural predators and the population has to be controlled. [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] [sound of gunfire] oh my god. [sound of gunfire] [speaking non-english] now, i am under no illusion that we are all that salami comes from.