Below the riviera of Romagna and to the East of Tuscany and Umbria, lies Le Marche, one of Italy’s most diverse and beautiful regions and also one of the least explored. The birthplace of Raphael and Rossini remains a secluded enclave of rolling hills and vivacious coasts filled with cultural expressions ranging from the deeply artistic to the delightfully prosaic. 

Le Marche boasts a brimming culinary basket, at its fullest in the mid-seasons. After the icy sleep of winter, nature re-awakens in bright colors—the green of wild greens, the pink and white of flowering fruit trees, the gold of egg yolks. The ground still has gives a few black truffles and the occasional mushrooms to spare. Curemasters share the first batches of salumi.