BY JASPER J. MIRABILE JR.

Tuscan cowboys? Italian cattle? A real Italian barbecue? You better believe it and I experienced it all recently with Slow Food Kansas City as we traveled to the Maremma in southern Tuscany with our guide Judy Witts Francini, the Divina Cucina.

Our group arrived at Corte degli Ulive, a large bioagriturismo outside of Bolgheri, and we were immediately greeted by some real Tuscan cowboys known as butteri. We were then told all about the Tuscan cowboys, and it was explained that the butteri were very courageous people and with their horses they faced the wild nature of the Maremma more than anyone else in Tuscany.

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