Porchettiamo, in its 3rd year (May 6th – 8th, 2011), takes place in San Terenziano, a charming village in Umbria, the green heart of Italy. Porchettiamo is the festival of the Italian "porchetta, a typical and delicious food, rich in history, both noble and popular, which has always been the street-, square-, fair- and market-food. The porchette have been carefully selected according to quality,craftsmanship and authenticity. The pork was traditionally the animal butchered and salted down to be eaten throughout the year. "If you want to feel well all the year, butcher a pork", said an ancient proverb. The porchetta, on the other hand, is only cooked during the summer, for a one-day banquet. Since the seventeenth century, in a lot of central Italian regions, the baked porchetta was always present to celebrate the Sabbath.

This is a ideal event to taste the porchette coming from the different Italian regions all in one day. A route which goes through villages, towns, regions and styles, both sharing deep root but different in a number of small and large peculiarities. All that in a merry atmosphere, with great wines, thanks to the wine bar of the Strada del Sagrantino, the best Italian handcrafted beers, good music and amusing street entertainments. Porchettiamo was created to develop the history and taste of the porchetta, produced in several different towns, which has become over the years home of this very ancient Italian tradition.

Porchettiamo is a cultural and gastronomic event, not a simple business operation.

Programme 2011

Friday, May 5th, 2011 - Gualdo Cattaneo
MEETING: A close examination of the history, the culture and the most distinctive and up-to-date trends involving the subject of the porchetta.
Saturday, May 7th and Sunday, May 8t, 2011 - San Terenziano

TRADING AREA
The Porchetta's Places
The square and the streets of the village will welcome the porchette. Every region will have its own area, set up with small refreshment points to taste the sandwiches. Each porchetta will be highlighted in accordance with its characteristics and peculiarities, thus allowing the public to choose among the different types of products, different from region to region in taste, spices and often even in cooking.

The wine bar
In the square there will be a wine tasting point with all regional great wines to recreate a sort of contemporary "fraschetta", a typical and ancient place where people used to consume wine and porchetta.

TASTING AND PAIRING
Tasting sessions conducted by experts and journalists to find out the relish of combining the typical and selected products with wine.

EXHIBITION
Exhibition area devoted to the pork history,with a touch of "pink" design!

SIDE ACTIVITIES
Creative painting and pottery workshops about the pig, for children and adults. Street artists across the village with performances and musical entertainments. Again this year, the Pig-Nic event, with "porchetta and wine on the grass". A walk through the green paths around the Roman village of San Terenziano. Finally, the Lambretta Rally, able to attract hundreds of fans and collectors all over Italy.