Last in a series of six programmes.
Time for some familiar
Italian food cliches - espresso coffee, spaghetti and pizza, all from La Bella Napoli, capital of Campania. But there's nothing cliched about the myriad lamb specialities of Abruzzi or its maccheroni alla chittara with pig jowl sauce.
Nothing, however, proves the individuality of Italy's regional cuisines more than the food of Sardinia.
Valentina Harris freely admits her lack of familiarity with spit-roasted wild boar, kid and cow's innards. But it doesn't stop the Sardinian shepherds having their little joke ...
Production assistant Diane Hadley Producer Clare Brigstocke
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