A Culinary Guide to Birthday Restaurants in Venice
Venice is one of the top destinations in Italy to host a special occasion like a birthday party or anniversary dinner. The city is filled with some of the finest restaurants for hosting birthday parties, of any scale. From Michelin-starred restaurants like Osteria da Fiore to vegetarian-friendly ristorantes like La...
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A Food Lover’s Guide to Traditional Food in Naples
Naples is a dream for foodies visiting southern Italy. It’s the home of some of the country’s most famous dishes: pizza, spaghetti alla puttanesca, minestrone napoletano, and the list continues. I often go to Naples whenever I need a weekend break from Rome. Even though it’s less than a two-and-a-half-hour...
A Guide to Food Sagras in Milan
In Milan, a sagra is a special type of food festival that celebrates a specific food or type of ingredient. In terms of Milanese cuisine, sagre often focus on risotto alla Milanese, ossobuco, or dishes featuring polenta. Attending a sagra as part of a foodie visit to Milan is a great...
An Essential Guide to Seasonal Eating in Milan
The cuisine throughout Italy and in major cities like Milan always factors in seasonality. This is tied to the traditional foodways of using what the land gives you, as well as the seasonal rotation of popular traditional dishes. When you go on a Milan food walk, in summer you will...
A Culinary Guide to Food in Milan
Milan may be known for its fashionable lifestyle and fabulous examples of Gothic architecture, but one thing people don’t give the city enough credit for is its diverse food culture. You see, that polenta you had last week comes from this gem in northern Italy, as do the cotoletta, the...
A Culinary Guide to Breakfast in Milan
Anyone who comes to Milan will surely have a few breakfast places on their itinerary to indulge in a typical Italian-infused morning feed. You can get it all, from light croissant and cappuccino combos to plates filled with hearty salami, eggs, and bread. Milanese breakfasts are usually smaller than I’d...
An Essential Guide to Food in Milan
Standing tall in Northern Italy’s Lombardy region, Milan’s cuisine focuses more on hearty dishes like saffron-infused risotto, rich-buttery polenta, and slow-roasted veal ossobuco. The city also moves at a much faster pace than you’ll find in most other parts of Italy, with a lot of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it foodie opportunities. So, I...
What’s a trip to Milan without at least a few visits to the city’s irresistible gelato shops? Even if you don’t have a persistent sweet tooth (as I unfortunately do!), visiting some of the top Milanese gelaterias is a bucket list experience you need to have when you’re in town....
Discovering Restaurants in Milan’s Duomo Area
The iconic Duomo di Milano is a true wonder of architecture and history that serves as a scenic backdrop for some of the top restaurants in Milan. This includes humble street food places like Cesarino Milano to restaurants serving authentic Milanese classics like Al Cantinone. One could argue that no...
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