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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 non-english] [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] >> like most young umbrians, alicia moved away in her twenties in search of opportunities and new ideas. first going to london, then

From innovative farmers to noble hunters. and let's not forget the chefs and the butchers, preserving the traditional ways to cook these treasures of the land. and a note for any vegetarians watching, umbrians 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 the umbri, one of italy's most ancient people. 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...

Season's bounty. >> like most young umbrians, alice moved away in her 20s in

Here. and i'm left hoping he finds a worthy apprentice. maestro pepe's dilemma is echoed throughout the forests and vales of umbria, and it seems as if the whole region is at a crossroads between its proud ancient traditions and the pressures of the modern world. what's that? everything dings these days doesn't it? everything. everything has to have a bell. >> nice to meet you, i'm carlo. >> nice to meet you too. >> please, i want to show you my valley. >> but some umbrians, like farmer carlo caporicci, believe there is a way to combine this region's past with the present, to fuse the best of ...