Cookucina

Tam and Lia cross the mountains to buy trout at the head of a mountain stream, find the perfect red wine in an immaculate vineyard, select pears from Gino the local greengrocer and succulent peppers from the Cookucina garden.

Tam and Lia go to market to buy anchovies from the Fish Pirate and travel to a ruined hillside castle to find a restaurateur who specializes in the mediaeval recipes of the Italy's beautiful Le Marche region.

Tam and Lia make a fish mousse with the ugliest fish you'll ever see; searching for truffles with Tonino and his truffle-dog, Fiuto.

In the Sibillini Mountains to meet unique Marchigiana cattle that graze the high pastures in summer; visit a family-run business making a local speciality, a soft salami called ciauscolo; a medieval pageant in Sarnano.

Tam and Lia join in a local Sagra, a summer party with home-made food, and travel to the hills to watch ricotta cheese being made in Maria's country kitchen; a medieval religious festival of the Feast of the Assumption.

A trip to a mountain lake; a Festival celebrating vin cotto, where Tam and Lia meet a barrel of wine that's over a hundred years old; spectacular fireworks light up the night sky in honour of cooked wine.