Buffalo Country: The Pontine Marshes

Before we can talk about the food of the area known as the Pontina, the southernmost part of Lazio, we must take a look at the geography of a region that was only recently united under a single administration. This combined diverse and heterogeneous cultural areas that have, even over time, maintained their physiognomy, including the gastronomic. Lazio, in fact, was formed only after 1860, from Sabina, which belonged to the cultural sphere of the Abruzzo; the area of Viterbo, which belongs to Tuscia; and finally the provinces of Frosinone and Latina, many towns of which belonged to the Kingdom of Naples and had infrequent relations with the papal states.