Pici is a fat spaghetti format that is typical of the Siena region in Tuscany. Within the province of Siena resides the Val d'Orcia (Orcia Valley), with its rolling hills and strings of cypress trees that outline the individual landowners' properties and old farmhouses or castles adorning every hilltop. In this idyllic setting, a few miles from Castiglione d'Orcia, you will find the Pastificio Toscano run by the Panarese family. The pasta they make is unique, as it is made from wheat they cultivate themselves on more than 3000 acres of property they own, and using only the purest water from the nereby Mt. Amiata, which is renowned for its lack of calcium and solid residues.