WHO ARE WE?
He: Is Francesco. A well-traveled, well-worn, slightly neurotic, board game fanatic, poker-playing Italian with a penchant for potatoes, the scottish wilderness, lighthouses and comic books.
She: Is Emma. A freckly British lass with a pucka accent, flag-bearer for British cultural tradition, cider, pie, country pubs, rolling cornish hills, cries at the sound of bagpipes and has a mild obsession with pork products.
Together they decided that the state of cookery programs in Italy just wasn't up to standard, which for a country reknowned across the globe for its culinary tradition is pretty embarassing really. Armed with too much time on our hands, one videocamera, little money and bags of spirit (and spirits!), we knocked our heads together to bring to you "I GOURMET ITINERANTI" a.k.a the itinerant epicures. Two jolly young people travelling about Italy in a caravan discovering the roots, history, culture and glory of Italian cuisine in a D.I.Y kind a way. NO stuffy studio kitchens, just me, a camping gas-ring and the hospitality of the good folk we meet on the way.
We're currently furiosly working on the first episode, where we shall travel through the southern half of the Cilento national park, talk about Ancient Roman cooking, pass through some NOrman settlements, meet the fishermen of Pisciotta, learn how to make Soppressata salami by hand in Gioi and go chestnut gathering in the mountains near Roscigno. I shall attempt to exchange some delicious British recipes with the good folk down south, - god only knows how well that'll go down!
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