{"id":4371,"date":"2012-11-14T17:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/?p=4371"},"modified":"2013-04-03T17:36:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T15:36:58","slug":"food-lovers-guide-to-milan-in-stylist-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/14\/food-lovers-guide-to-milan-in-stylist-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Lover&#8217;s Guide to Milan in Stylist Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stylist.co.uk\/life\/stylists-milan-city-guide\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"stylist-magazine\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/stylist-magazine.jpg?resize=295%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"295\" height=\"394\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><em>As I mentioned in my latest <a title=\"I have a newsletter \u2013 won\u2019t you sign up?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/24\/i-have-a-newsletter-wont-you-sign-up\/\">newsletter<\/a>\u00a0(sign up! It&#8217;s free!), there&#8217;s a few exciting things coming up for me &#8211; here&#8217;s one of them!<\/em> I&#8217;m featured twice in the UK magazine, Stylist, out today in print and online. It&#8217;s their big Milan issue (is the cover gorgeous, or what?), and I was happy to give some input into the Food Lover&#8217;s Milan for their <strong>The Stylist Guide to Milan<\/strong>.\u00a0I&#8217;m also quoted in their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stylist.co.uk\/life\/the-rise-of-women-in-italy#image-rotator-1\">article about Berlusconi and the rise of women in Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a Culture Lover and Fashion Lover&#8217;s take on the city in addition my Food Lover&#8217;s guide, so it&#8217;s a cool little guide with some helpful ideas for a visit to Milan.\u00a0Here&#8217;s the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stylist.co.uk\/life\/back-issues-library#item-159\">archived version of the magazine &#8211; issue 159 (my article is on page 75)<\/a>\u00a0or here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stylist.co.uk\/life\/stylists-milan-city-guide\">direct link to the magazine viewer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I had to make some tough choices about what to include in my food lover&#8217;s guide, but I tried to concentrate my choices toward the <em>centro<\/em>, or downtown of Milan as that&#8217;s where most tourists spend their days in museums and shopping. That of course ruled out a lot of great options for lunches and dinners, but I&#8217;m more than happy to take suggestions in the comments about what your perfect food lover&#8217;s day in Milan would be like.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A few clarifications on the content in the article,\u00a0<\/strong>which I did not see in its final version. <em>That&#8217;s the great thing about having my own website &#8211; I can give you information unfiltered by journalists :)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aperitivo<\/strong>: 5pm is not the ideal time for aperitivo, as you&#8217;ll see from my <a title=\"The Guide to Italian Aperitivo and Drinks in Italy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/27\/the-guide-to-italian-aperitivo-and-drinks-in-italy\/\">Guide to Italian Aperitivo<\/a> here on this site. 7-9pm is best if you&#8217;re interested in catching a buffet or abundance of food, but you should be able to get just a drink at 5pm in most places and maybe some potato chips and olives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brunch<\/strong> is not served every day in Italy, but rather on Sundays, if at all. I don&#8217;t really recommend brunch as a must-do if you&#8217;re in the city only for a few days &#8211; it&#8217;s been imported into the country and has a ways to go still, but if brunch is your thing, it&#8217;s starting to show up in Italy, too.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coffee<\/strong> &#8211; the place I recommended in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele but didn&#8217;t get into the article is Camparino \/ Zucca in Galleria.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lambrusco<\/strong> &#8211; I recommended this as something to drink at the Emilia-Romagna region restaurant, Salsamenteria di Parma, not necessarily as a typical Milanese wine. Lambrusco can be made in Lombardy but is more attributed to Emilia-Romagna. If you want a great wine from Lombardy,\u00a0<a title=\"Franciacorta Aperitivo at Vinoroma in Rome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/30\/franciacorta-aperitivo-at-vinoroma-in-rome\/\">drink Franciacorta<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cassoeula<\/strong> &#8211; I doubt pretty heavily that Trussardi alla Scala ever serves this dish, and it was something I named as a typical Milanese dish (below) not specific to that restaurant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Below are a few answers which didn&#8217;t make it into the magazine, but you may find interesting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alternative to Peck<\/strong>:\u00a0There&#8217;s also Eat&#8217;s Store inside Excelsior (Galleria del Corso, 4), a\u00a0recent addition to the gourmet food stores which has a similar setup\u00a0to Peck but with a comparable selection of pasta and gifts to take\u00a0home.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong>What is the best type of food produced in Milan?<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Milanese cuisine is rich and hearty, and the fall and winter are\u00a0the best seasons to appreciate eating in Milan. Try the traditional\u00a0<em>risotto alla milanese<\/em>, a savory saffron risotto, <em>polenta con funghi\u00a0porcini<\/em>, polenta with porcini mushrooms, or any number of filled\u00a0pasta, especially when they are filled with <em>zucca<\/em>, <a title=\"Pumpkin Savoury Tart and Seasoned Pumpkin Seeds\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/29\/pumpkin-savoury-tart-and-seasoned-pumpkin-seeds\/\">pumpkin<\/a>, and served\u00a0with a sauce of <em>salvia e burro<\/em>, sage and butter. If you&#8217;re a meat\u00a0lover you will want to try <em>ossobuco<\/em>, cross-cut veal shanks braised\u00a0with wine and vegetables, or if you&#8217;re adventurous look for the\u00a0<em>cassoeula<\/em>, a cabbage and pork meat stew which often includes pig ears.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong>Do you have a favourite coffee shop in Milan?<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are so many &#8211; that&#8217;s the great thing about Italy is that great\u00a0coffee is usually just a few steps away. Il Camparino (aka Zucca in Galleria)\u00a0in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele is right in the center but often still\u00a0filled with Milanese. Get a quick espresso at the bar with the locals\u00a0or grab a table to sit and people watch. To get coffee from a bar who\u00a0roasts their own beans, look for &#8220;<em>Torrefazione<\/em>&#8221; as part of the bar&#8217;s\u00a0name.\u00a0You can find out more about ordering coffee in Milan like a local with\u00a0my book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0067B3XBE?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=msadventuresinitaly-20&amp;creativeASIN=B0067B3XBE\">How to Order an Italian Coffee in Italy<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What would be in your Food Lover&#8217;s Guide to Milan? Let me know in the comments below.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I mentioned in my latest newsletter\u00a0(sign up! It&#8217;s free!), there&#8217;s a few exciting things coming up for me &#8211; here&#8217;s one of them! I&#8217;m featured twice in the UK magazine, Stylist, out today in print and online. It&#8217;s their big Milan issue (is the cover gorgeous, or what?), and I was happy to give&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/14\/food-lovers-guide-to-milan-in-stylist-magazine\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,82,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-italy","7":"category-me","8":"category-milan","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uB1-18v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3176,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/06\/inside-fernet-brancas-factory-in-milan-italy\/","url_meta":{"origin":4371,"position":0},"title":"Inside Fernet Branca&#8217;s Factory in Milan, Italy","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"April 6, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Today the New York Times posted a story about Count Niccol\u00f2 Branca di Romanico - the leading royalty of the Fernet Branca's family dynasty and holder of the secret recipe for the Fernet Branca digestive that has achieved a cult status with waiters & bartenders in New York, San Francisco,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Behind the Scenes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Behind the Scenes","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/category\/behind-the-scenes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The 40 Spices in Fernet Branca, Fernet Branca Factory in Milan, Italy","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5180\/5595594902_65148dc8f7.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":431,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/05\/artigiano-fiera-milan-international-fair\/","url_meta":{"origin":4371,"position":1},"title":"Artigiano in Fiera &#8211; Milan&#8217;s International Handicraft and Food Fair","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"December 5, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are some pictures from my recent trip(s) from the Artigiano in Fiera at Milan, Milan's International Handicrafts and Food fair. 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