I spent a week in a Tuscan villa in 2017. We made day trips to Perugia, Montepulciano, Siena and Orvieto.
It was a group of 8 ladies, and I was the most food-focused, so I did a fair amount of cooking and I sought out local specialities. I visited markets when I saw them.
Off the top of my head, salami with fennel, various aged pecorino cheeses, Umbrian lentils and pici pasta (a thick toothsome long pasta) were popular regional specialties.
I can’t say any of the restaurant we visited during the day were excellent, as it was complicated to make a decision with 7 type A personalities- the type B individual didn’t like food 
I did have an excellent panini.
I posted a few photos here on HO, the week that Chowhound was shut down. Old Trip Reports [Italy]
