The Milano Files
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The Sanremo Italian Song Festival 2026
24 Feb 2026
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Send a textMilan-based food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio steps outside her usual purview to discuss one of Italy's most cherished ...
Italy Meets Jamaica With Jacqueline Greaves
25 Nov 2025
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Send us a textFor today's episode, Jaclyn speaks with food writer Jacqueline Greaves about "Italy Meets Jamaica," her upcoming fundrais...
Rerelease - All Souls Day Special: Milanese Bread of the Dead
31 Oct 2025
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Send us a textIn honor of All Souls Day (November 2), Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food tour guide and food writer, rereleases season 2 episode 3 o...
Natural Wines Oltrepò Urban Harvest With Lucrezia Bosone
29 Sep 2025
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Send us a textJaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food tour guide and food writer, speaks with Lucrezia Bosone, the founder of Nema Creative, an agency in...
RIP Pope Francis
22 Apr 2025
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Send us a textJaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food tour guide and food writer, steps outside her purview to remember Pope Francis, recounting what it ...
Pan Meino - A Milanese dolce typical (kinda) in honor of St. George
22 Apr 2025
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Send us a textJaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food tour guide and food writer, discusses Pan Meino (or Pan de Mej), a cornmeal typical of Milan with a...
Milan Design Week 2025 Recap
22 Apr 2025
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Send us a textFor this episode, Milan-based food tour guide and food writer Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses Salone del Mobile, Milano Design Week, and how ...
Milan Design Week 2025 with Caterina Monda and Debrina Aliyah Part 2
03 Apr 2025
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Send us a textSalone del Mobile (Milan Design Week) 2025 takes place from April 8 to 13. Host Jaclyn DeGiorgio speaks with Caterina Monda and Debrin...
Milan Design Week 2025 with Caterina Monda and Debrina Aliyah Part 1
03 Apr 2025
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Send us a textSalone del Mobile (Milan Design Week) 2025 takes place from April 8 to 13. Host Jaclyn DeGiorgio speaks with Caterina Monda and Debrin...
Pizza al Trancio - Milan's Typical Slice
24 Mar 2025
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Send us a textPizza is required eating in Italy, and for today’s episode, host Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food tour guide and food writer, disc...
A Milano Minute: Meatless in Milano for 40 Days
14 Mar 2025
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Send us a textFood tour guide and food writer Jaclyn DeGiorgio reflects on some recent meat-free eating in Milan. Places mentioned: Fratelli Torcine...
Torta Mimosa and International Women's Day
10 Mar 2025
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Send us a textMilan-based food tour guide and food writer Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses International Women's Day in Italy, its traditional sweet, a...
A Milano Minute: Congrats Rita cocktail bar
06 Mar 2025
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Send us a textJaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food writer and food tour guide based in Milan, shares some exciting news about Rita cocktail bar, whose...
Fat Saturday and Milan's Carnival Treats
03 Mar 2025
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Send us a textToday Jaclyn, a food writer and food tour guide based in Milan, discusses the city's Carnival treats and why Milan celebrates "...
A Milano Minute: Idiom fun
27 Feb 2025
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Send us a textMilan-based food tour guide and food writer Jaclyn DeGiorgio shares a Milanese riff on an Italian idiomatic expression. Details on the ...
A Post-Festival Reflection on Sanremo's most undervalued and misunderstood song
25 Feb 2025
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Send us a textMilan-based Food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses a post-festival reflection on Sanremo's most undervalued and...
A Milano Minute: Sanremo fever still rising
21 Feb 2025
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Send us a textHost Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food writer and food tour guide, shares some of the latest news regarding the Sanremo 2025. Source...
Sanremo 2025 festival recap
19 Feb 2025
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Send us a textMilan-based food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses the 2025 edition of one of her favorite Italian traditions: the S...
A Milano Minute: The 2025 Sanremo Festival so far
13 Feb 2025
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Send us a textFor this week's Milano Minute, host Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses her thoughts on the Sanremo Italian Song Festival so far. If you&ap...
The Sanremo Italian Song Festival 2025
10 Feb 2025
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Send us a textMilan-based food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio veers fuori strada from her usual purview to discuss one of Italy's mo...
A Milano Minute: A tradition in honor of San Biagio
30 Jan 2025
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Send us a textJaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food writer and food tour guide, discusses a very Milanese tradition in honor of the feast day of San Bi...
Milan's Chinatown in honor of Chinese New Year
26 Jan 2025
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Send us a textFood writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses Chinese New Year in Milan's Chinatown, the history of Italy's large...
A Milano Minute: For the love of Milan
23 Jan 2025
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Send us a textJaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food writer and food tour guide, makes a case for why you should consider Milan a top food destination. ...
Alessandro Fanfani, bar supervisor at the Bvlgari Hotel Pt 2: aperitivo eats, his favorite drink, and imbibing in Milan
20 Jan 2025
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Send us a textHost Jaclyn DeGiorgio chats with Alessandro Fanfani, the bar supervisor of the Bvlgari Hotel in Milan. Â Five of his favorite cocktail b...
A Milano Minute: AC Milan's anticlimactic return to the league
16 Jan 2025
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Send us a textMilan-based food tour guide and food writer Jaclyn DeGiorgio continues to veer off course from food to discuss A.C. Milan's anticli...
Alessandro Fanfani, bar supervisor at the Bvlgari Hotel Pt 1: the road to Milan, cinema-inspired cocktails, and the competition circuit
13 Jan 2025
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Send us a textHost Jaclyn DeGiorgio chats with Alessandro Fanfani, the bar supervisor of the Bvlgari Hotel in Milan.  Relevant links:Jaclyn’s Conde...
A Milano Minute: The Supercoppa
08 Jan 2025
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Send us a textMilan-based food tour guide and food writer Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses A.C. Milan's victory in the Italian Supercoppa tournament. F...
Rerelease: True crime panettone - fraud and narcotics concealment
02 Jan 2025
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Send us a textAs the holiday season is still underway in Italy, host Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food tour guide and food writer, thought she&apos...
A Milano Minute: AC Milan shake-up
01 Jan 2025
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Send us a textMilan-based food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio veers off course from food to discuss a shake-up at her beloved AC Milan. ...
Rerelease - For the love of panettone with Nicola Olivieri
26 Dec 2024
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Send us a textIn honor of the Christmas season, Milan-based food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio has decided to rerelease her panettone-th...
A (Christmasy) Milano Minute: Panettone Gastronomico
24 Dec 2024
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Send us a textMilan-based food tour guide and food and travel writer Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses a Milanese Christmas party staple: panettone gastronom...
Aspic, the unlikely Milanese Christmas table staple
19 Dec 2024
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Send us a textIn honor of Christmas looming just around the corner, Milan-based food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses an unlikely...
A Milano Minute: Bad News for Smokers
18 Dec 2024
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Send us a textFor today's Milano Minute, food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses a new law going into effect on January 1, 202...
Re-release - The Barbajada, the elusive Milanese hot chocolate drink
13 Dec 2024
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Send us a textIn honor of the wintry weather, Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a food tour guide based in Milan, has decided to re-release the season one episode abo...
A Milano Minute : A cozy must-eat to combat the cold
11 Dec 2024
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Send us a textJaclyn dishes on a dish she had at Stadera Gastronomia Contemporanea, chef Aldo Ritrovato's part-gastronomia, part-restaurant in th...
Cinepanettone - Italy's farcical Christmas comedies
06 Dec 2024
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Send us a textIn honor of the holiday season (and Milan's beloved leavened treat!), Jaclyn discusses a quirky Italian holiday film form: Cinepane...
A Milano Minute: Corso Lodi's winter wonderland
04 Dec 2024
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Send us a textMilan-based food tour guide and food and travel writer Jaclyn DeGiorgio shares a lovely shop for your holiday paper goods, but not only ...
Edoardo Nono of Rita cocktail bar part 4: growth, new horizons, and good old Milano
29 Nov 2024
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Send us a textOn today's episode of the Milano Files, Milan-based food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio continues her conversation wit...
Edoardo Nono of Rita cocktail bar part 3: il pirla, the aperitivo, turning twenty, and artisanship
29 Nov 2024
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Send us a textOn today's episode of the Milano Files, Milan-based food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio continues her conversation wit...
A Milano Minute: (Italian) Tennis is so hot right now
27 Nov 2024
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Send us a textHost Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food writer and food tour guide, veers fuori strada (off course) from her usual food coverage to ta...
Edoardo Nono of Rita cocktail bar part 2: brainstorming, the nineties, and a return to tradition
22 Nov 2024
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Send us a textOn today's episode of the Milano Files, Milan-based food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio speaks with Edoardo Nono, the ...
Edoardo Nono of Rita cocktail bar part 1: staying power, Italian and American bars, and the Navigli
22 Nov 2024
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Send us a textOn today's episode of the Milano Files, Milan-based food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio speaks with Edoardo Nono, the ...
Weekly Milano Minute: La Siciliana dal 1956
20 Nov 2024
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Send us a textJaclyn DeGiorgio is a food tour guide and food and travel writer based in Milan. For this week's Milano Minute mini-episode, Jaclyn...
The Italian Aperitivo with Carlo Carnevale part 2: sipping and reminiscing
15 Nov 2024
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Send us a textThe aperitivo is one of Italy's most romanticized traditions, and Milan-based drinks writer and journalist Carlo Carnevale joins Ja...
Weekly Milano Minute: ZÃ ini Milano's Tarot-Inspired Chocolate Bars
13 Nov 2024
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Send us a textIn this mini-episode, Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food tour guide and food and travel writer, discusses one of her Milan obsession...
The Italian aperitivo with Carlo Carnevale part 1: evolution and retrograde
08 Nov 2024
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Send us a textThe aperitivo is one of Italy's most romanticized traditions, and Milan-based drinks writer and journalist Carlo Carnevale joins Ja...
Weekly Milano Minute: The 2024 Italian Michelin Guide
06 Nov 2024
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Send us a textIn this mini-episode, Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food tour guide and food and travel writer, discusses the 2024 Italian Michelin ...
All Souls Day Special: Milanese Bread of the Dead
01 Nov 2024
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Send us a textMilan-based Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a food tour guide and food writer, discusses a telltale sign of autumn in Milan: pan dei morti (bread of t...
New(ish) in Milan
25 Oct 2024
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Send us a textJaclyn DeGiorgio is a food writer and food tour guide based in Milan. Here she shares an overview of Milan's dining scene, focusing...
Milan Design Week 2024 Recap
25 Oct 2024
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Send us a textJaclyn DeGiorgio kicks off season two of The Milano Files by coming full circle from where she ended season one: with her thoughts on Mi...
Design Week recap and reflecting on The Milano Files Season One
05 May 2023
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Send us a textJaclyn DeGiorgio, a food and wine writer and food tour guide in Milan, shares some highlights from Salone del Mobile (aka Design Week) a...
Bonus Episode: Pondering Calabria with Roberta Abate
28 Apr 2023
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Send us a textJaclyn DeGiorgio shares a clip from her interview with food journalist Roberta Abate that didn't make the cut for the final intervi...
Pizza Culture with Simone Lombardi and Giovanni Mineo of Crosta Part 2
21 Apr 2023
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Send us a textIf you haven't listened to Pizza Culture with Simone and Lombardi and Giovanni Mineo of Crosta part 1, please go back and do so bef...
Italian Design and Salone del Mobile with Caterina Monda
14 Apr 2023
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Send us a textJaclyn speaks with Caterina Monda, co-founder of Metis PR, a Milan-based PR firm representing clients in the design industry. They chat ...
Bonus Episode: Italian Easter sweets with Marcello Rapisardi
07 Apr 2023
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Send us a textMarcello Rapisardi of Pasticceria e Dessert in Milan joins Jaclyn for a bonus episode to discuss Italian Easter sweets. Relevant links:...
Carbonara pralines and more with pastry chef Marcello Rapisardi
06 Apr 2023
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Send us a textToday Jaclyn speaks with pastry chef Marcello Rapisardi of Pasticerria e Dessert, a whimsical pastry shop in Milan where the offerings...
Pizza Culture with Simone Lombardi and Giovanni Mineo of Crosta Part 1
31 Mar 2023
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Send us a textJaclyn DeGiorgio speaks with pizza and bread extraordinaires Simone Lombardi and Giovanni Mineo of Crosta, one of Milan's best pizz...
For the love of cardoons
24 Mar 2023
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Send us a textAs cardoon season is winding down, Jaclyn discusses the elusive artichoke thistle and also shares some versions she had in Milan recentl...
The verdict on Starbucks' olive-oil infused coffee drinks
17 Mar 2023
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Send us a textJaclyn DeGiorgio has tried all five of the Starbucks drinks from the Oleato line--those infused with extra-virgin olive oil and she shar...
For the love of mondeghili (Milanese meatballs)
10 Mar 2023
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Send us a textJaclyn discusses a must-eat when visiting Milan: mondeghili (Milanese meatballs). Sources used for the episode:Contemporary Milanese Co...
Mini episode: Starbucks update
03 Mar 2023
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Send us a textThis week Jaclyn DeGiorgio follows-up on last week's episode with a brief update Starbucks' new Oleato line.  If you're...
Starbucks in Italy: to drink or not to drink?
24 Feb 2023
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Send us a textJaclyn DeGiorgio discusses Starbucks in Italy, her fondness for the coffee titan, and her thoughts on the new Oleato olive-oil range of ...
Sanremo Festival 2023 recap
16 Feb 2023
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Send us a textThe Sanremo Festival came and went, so Jaclyn has decided to dedicate this brief episode of The Milanophiles to her thoughts on the occa...
All about the Sanremo Italian Song Festival
07 Feb 2023
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Send us a textFor this episode of The Milanophiles, Jaclyn DeGiorgio veers fuori strada, or off course, to discuss one of her favorite annual occasion...
All about Pastamadre restaurant with Francesco Costanzo
03 Feb 2023
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Send us a textPastamadre restaurant is a must-visit when you're in Milan. Today, Jaclyn speaks to chef Francesco Costanzo about his beloved resta...
Natural wine in Milan with Alessandro Ambrosi
27 Jan 2023
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Send us a textMany people don't know that Milan has a prolific natural wine scene, one that's on par with its counterparts in big European c...
Contemporary Milanese Cuisine with Cesare Battisti and Gabriele Zanatta
20 Jan 2023
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Send us a textWarning: as I mention in the beginning of the episode, there was a problem with my mic, so my voice sounds a bit faint at parts, but you...
The Barbajada: the elusive Milanese hot chocolate
13 Jan 2023
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Send us a textSince it's winter, Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses the Barbajada, the historic Milanese hot chocolate that's few and far between th...
True crime panettone: fraud and narcotics concealment
06 Jan 2023
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Send us a textPanettone features prominently in the media every holiday season, but this year Milan's signature leavened delight garnered some ab...
2022 Milan dining highlights
30 Dec 2022
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Send us a textFood writer Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses some of her top dining experiences in Milan from the past year. Just to clarify, the list is by n...
For the love of panettone with Nicola Olivieri of Olivieri 1882
23 Dec 2022
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Send us a textIf you’ve sworn off panettone because you think it’s dry, bland, cottony, and uninspired, then you haven’t tasted good panettone, ...
Pondering Milan with Roberta Abate
21 Dec 2022
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Send us a textJaclyn DeGiorgio chats with Roberta Abate, a food journalist who has presided over the city’s food scene for the last decade from a co...
About The Milano Files
20 Dec 2022
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Send us a textMilan's cheerleader-in-chief, Jaclyn DeGiorgio champions the food, beverage, and lifestyle culture of Italy's most electric (a...