New Substack Story: THE UMBRIAN MEAT WALL

I’m coming to the end of my second week in Umbria, and my diet plan is not working. The concept was simple: just refrain from eating pasta twice a day. Or occasionally, three times a day. This kind of self-imposed “regimen” is counter-intuitive to me, but let’s face it, folks -- if I eat pasta twice a day, every day, eventually I’m going to have to buy new pants, and that’s a Rubicon I’m unwilling to cross. So, my plan was to base my meals around meat -- pure protein, like the Paleo people did in the Stone Age. I’ll eat beautiful, tasty Umbrian meat -- pork from Norcia, the Pork Capitol of the World; lamb from the sheep grazing the sweet grass of the Umbrian foothills; and beef from the famous chianina cows that date back to Roman times. There’s a diet for you... Read more on Substack and subscribe!