of italy? is he like the quintessential saint of umbria? yes. umbria is connected to nature. that s why he s umbria. i could stay here all day, but it seems matteo 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. could you say it s like a religion. knowledge of roots in the saints of assisi and out here in the forest primeval. today is hunt day, and i ve been invited to tag along by claudio
revered ever since for their craft and for their warrior-like work ethics but today the butchers here are struggling to find future porcini. i leave pepe to get back to work. mind you we never stopped the whole time we ve been here, and i m left hoping he finds a worthy apprentice. maestro pepe s dilemma is echoed throughout the forests and veils of umbria, and it seems as if the whole region is at a crossroads between its proud,
okay. very nice, yeah. so this is the lining. si. that s lining all the organs. i m beginning to feel like a guest on georgione s show, not the other way around. the piglet goes into this joined wood-fired oven for two and a half hours. the beauty of slow cooking in a sealed oven is once that door is shut, there s really not much more you can do but sit back and wait. okay. to umbria. cheers. cheers.
. . umbria. [ speaking foreign language ] it 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 forest and misty mountains. this is italy before the romans, a place where families lived close to the land, a land of saintly legends, impossibly
of all the faure tale land scapes i ve seen in umbria, this one may be the most breathtaking. perched atop a cliff of volcanic rock, or sri etto is visible for miles in every direction. its ornate cathedral reaching up to the helps is one of thech finest in italy and beneath its dazzling dome, or vietto has more stories to tell. local chaff valentina is on her way to give me the grand tour, but i ve got time to try a local delicacy charmingly called il baffo meaning moustache because