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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
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