Umbria Moves its Old World Traditions & Culture into the 21st Century with Apps

Umbria is a region well-known for its gorgeous landscape, old world tradition, delicious cuisine and yearly jazz music festival, but now the region is breaking the mold and moving their culture into the 21st century with the creation of a series of tourism and gastronomy focused apps. These apps help those visiting the area to plan their  travel through the region with apps like Bike Umbria and Umbria Musei (a guide to the regions many museums), but with the release of Enogastronomia, their newest application, Italian food lovers who can’t visit Umbria can delve into the recipes and products of the region.

This gorgeous app has step-by-step instructions with photos for traditional Umbrian recipes like Easter Bread, Castelluccio Lentil Soup, Lamb with Black Truffle and Traditional Tagliatelle with Chianina Ragout. The official launch for the English version of the app recently took place at Eataly and attendees had the chance to taste Umbrian wines, cheeses, charcuterie and the lentil soup from the recipe in the app.

Present at the event speaking to attendees about the apps, food and wine of Umbria were Jacopo Cossater (below), an Italian journalist and wine blogger who spoke about the technological advances of the region, and Sara Goretti, the Vice President of ‘Movimento Turismo del Vino dell’Umbria,’ i.e. the Wine Tourism Movement of Umbria.

They stressed the way that the region is bridging the gap between old world traditions like making wine with the new world of technology. Travelers and food lovers are changing the way they experience cuisine and exploration through technology and Umbria is leading the way in this trend.