Not a beef or pork eater

I don’t eat beef or pork either, and I had no trouble finding wonderful food when I was in Tuscany on several different trips. There were wonderful vegetables, fish, seafood, chicken, and delicious soups with vegetables. I like pasta, but it’s not something I want every day, and there were plenty of non-pasta choices everywhere.

I’ve spent less time in Umbria, so I’ll let others respond to that, but I wouldn’t be worried about finding something there as well.

Eat and drink what you like. Do you eat chicken, fish, vegetables? No insult for not partaking is something you don't eat/drink.

Peruse a few menus of restaurants in your budget in the locations you will be visiting. That will give you an idea of options.

A good restaurant will not mind answering your questions about ingredients, and the information might even be right on the menu. I'm a semi-vegetarian who hates seafood, truffles, olives, and a few other things and I have never had any trouble in Italy. I do often stick to the antipasti items on the menu, partly because they are often more interesting than the main course. I forget what they are called, but I love the savory flan things --- they are some kind of vegetable and cheese souffle-like thing. OK, husband says "sformato." Love them.

If you eat other meats or fowl, add lamb and game to the list of potential entrees you’ll find in Tuscany and Umbria.

Even as a vegan Italy is pretty doable so not eating meat of any kind is not an insult. No one will bat an eye if you don't order wine or another alcoholic beverage.

Know the different words for pork-type things. Cinghiale is the word for wild boar. In one of my early trips to Italy somehow one of the restaurants did not consider wild boar a "meat" so I got a ragu sauce made with cinghiale. I just ate around it, lol. Lampredotto is the name of the pork sandwich that is common in Tuscany. There are probably other things that I'm not remembering so do some research for a trip with fewer surprises from a culinary standpoint!

Always good to be prepared, and to ask if you’re wondering about something. Please keep asking whatever questions you have - somebody on the forum will have answers!

Enjoy the bounty of seafood, vegetables & salads!

@ Pam Not trying to be pedantic, but lampredotto is actually the fourth stomach of a cow, so it isn't pork. But yes, someone who wishes to avoid beef and pork would not eat a lampredotto sandwich. I found them to be absolutely delicious personally but I realize that won't matter to the OP.

Rebecca,

Besides many fresh & delicious vegetables, you will find that Umbrian cuisine also includes grains (farro, barley and spelt), legumes (lentils & beans), and their famous truffles!
When staying in Assisi some years ago, I witnessed a man enjoying his spit-roasted quail, and I was amazed to see him eating it so very gingerly with his knife and fork.

If you don’t eat pork, you’ll want to avoid porchetta (slow roasted pork), and cinghiale (wild boar)

Wishing you a wonderful trip!

Mille Grazie... for all for your sharing! I feel reassured and looking forward to my trip in October!

Thank you Greg. I realized I’d made a mistake on the kind of animal!