Jaclyn DeGiorgio is a food writer and food tour guide based in Milan. Here she shares an overview of Milan's dining scene, focusing on what's new since she wrapped the first season of The Milano Files.

If you''re heading to town and you'd like to book a food tour with her, send her an email: jaclyndegiorgiofoodtours@gmail.com

Jaclyn DeGiorgio kicks off season two of The Milano Files by coming full circle from where she ended season one: with her thoughts on Milan Design Week, which took place last spring.

If you're visiting Milan and would like to book a food tour with Jaclyn when you're in town, send her an email: jaclyndegiorgiofoodtours@gmail.com

Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a food and wine writer and food tour guide in Milan, shares some highlights from Salone del Mobile (aka Design Week) and then reflects on the first season of The Milanophiles. Stay tuned for season two, coming this summer!

Design Week highlights

• Bitossi Home collaboration with Pangea
• Nemo Lighting collaboration with Ron Gilad
• Google's Shaped by Water
• Dior by Starck
• Porro Romby armchair

Jaclyn's Instagram: @jaclyndegiorgio

Jaclyn's blog: A Signorina in Milan

Jaclyn DeGiorgio shares a clip from her interview with food journalist Roberta Abate that didn't make the cut for the final interview.

Dongiò

Wineries mentioned:

• L'Acino
• A Vita

Jaclyn's Porta Romana dining guide

If you haven't listened to Pizza Culture with Simone and Lombardi and Giovanni Mineo of Crosta part 1, please go back and do so before tuning into this one. (It's episode number 14, and it was released on March 31. Here's the link. )

We continue chatting about Milan's pizza culture and in doing so, we dispel a couple of Italy food myths that circulate like wildfire on the social networks.

Here are some pertinent links for the episode:

• Crosta's website
• Crosta's Instagram
• Simone's Instagram
• Giovanni's Instagram
• Jaclyn's Instagram
• Jaclyn's blog
• Jalcyn's article for La Cucina Italiana about Simone's pizza

Jaclyn speaks with Caterina Monda, co-founder of Metis PR, a Milan-based PR firm representing clients in the design industry. They chat about the meaning of "Made in Italy", what to expect during Design Week, and the allure of their adopted city, among other topics.

Caterina's Instagram
Metis PR Instagram
Jaclyn's Blog
Jaclyn's Instagram
The Milanophiles Instagram

People, places, and things mentioned:

• Triennale Milano (the design museum where Caterina worked
• Fonderia Battaglia works with designers like Osanna Visconti and Giuseppe Penone
• Bitossi Home (the blue and white plate mentioned is the Arcano )
• Venini - Murano glassmakers that just published the Artisan book

Design Week-related stuff

• Rossana Orlandi Gallery
• Niloufar Gallery
• David and Nicolas
• Gio Ponti (EPIC Italian architect and designer)
• Bitossi Home and Pangea
• Bitossi Ceramic and Robert Stadler
• Ron Gilad's collaboration with Nemo Lighting at Via Borgunovo 19
• Martyn Thompson (Australian Designer)
• Fabscarte
• David Dolcino

Caterina's design reading recs:

• Wallpaper
• T (The New York Times Style Magazine)
• Monocle
• Site Unseen

Caterina's Milano 5 (plus 2) :

• Villa Necchi Campiglio
• Ambrosiana (Codex Atlanticus is the Leonardo da Vinci on display)
• Atempo bistrot
• Momo Milano
• Osteria del Verme
• Art Noble Gallery
• Tommaso Calabro
  
  

Design Week sources Jaclyn used for the episode :

• Dezeen: 2022 Milan Design Week
• Elite Daily: 2019 Design Week recap
• Where Milan Design Week 2023
• Salone del Mobile official site

Marcello Rapisardi of Pasticceria e Dessert in Milan joins Jaclyn for a bonus episode to discuss Italian Easter sweets.

Relevant links:

• Colomba History and Origins (it's in Italian so you might have to run it through a translator)
• Pastiera Wikipedia page
• Uovo di Pasqua
• Pasticceria e Dessert Instagram - I encourage you to check this out to see Marcello's beautiful versions of the Easter sweets
• Marcello Rapisardi Instagram
• Jaclyn's blog post about where to drink the Barbajada in Milan

Episode artwork photo: Colomba from Pasticceria e Dessert

Today Jaclyn speaks with pastry chef Marcello Rapisardi of Pasticerria e Dessert, a whimsical pastry shop in Milan where the offerings include a mind-blowing carbonara praline and other unexpected sweets nestled alongside the classics. We speak about his time working for chefs like Heston Blumenthal and Moreno Cedroni, his philosophy, his approach to pastry, and more.

Links to anything referenced in the show:

• Pasticceria e Dessert
• Marcello's Instagram
• Pasticceria e Dessert's Instagram
• The Fat Duck
• Madonnina del Pescatore
• Angel León is the Spanish chef who studies plankton and makes it in a lab
• Marcello's "Milano Five" pics on Jaclyn's blog, A Signorina in Milan
• Jaclyn's Instagram