Milan counts more than 500 Botteghe Storiche, such as Al Matarel, Pasticceria Gattullo, and the Sartori gelato kiosk

Ossobuco and traditional minestrone in the historic Brera trattoria, the panettone at Gattullo since 1961, and the oldest gelaterie in the city. There are many dining and food shopping places in the newly updated list of Botteghe Storiche in Milan,...

Primo al Pigneto closes. The end of a Roman dining era

In 2016 it celebrated its tenth anniversary, but now Marco Gallotta’s kitchen on via del Pigneto as we know it and have come to love is about to put out its burners. The sad news arrives via a curt Facebook...

First Italian Chocolate Academy Centre by Barry Callebaut opens in Milan. Davide Comaschi to direct

A group specialized in cacao transformation and chocolate production has developed over time an avant-garde teaching format, now with 19 branches worldwide. The twentieth will open in Milan, the first in Italy. Founder Callebaut intends investing and offering new job...

Tree surgery. How two pruners defeated viticulture's worst disease

Since 2011, pruners Marco Simonit and Pierpaolo Sirch have been working to restore major vineyards by means of the Dendrochirurgia method, or Tree Surgery, a procedure designed to defeat one of viticulture’s most serious diseases. Here's the whole story.

Recipes from great chefs. Four dishes by Marco Gubbiotti

Umbria is a region with rich traditions tied to its soil and agriculture. Marco Gubbiotti has developed a vision of the land in which he lives, an interpretation which he offers his clients. Here are four of his best recipes.

I Drink Pink 2017, rosé wine festival at Città del Gusto in Rome

Top Italian pink wine makers will showcase their products in a pleasant summer evening with tastings and gourmet pairings. Città del gusto in Rome is hosting I Drink Pink, a festival of Italian rosé wines.

Barilla turns 140 years: origins, development and expansion of a grand Italian family

It all started over a century ago in a small family-run shop that sold artisan bread and pasta in Parma, the year was 1877. Sowing the seeds of the family business is Pietro Barilla, within a few years the brand...

Piuarch, the office rooftop garden in Brera: urban farming in Milan

Urban farming is on the rise in Italy. Rooftop vegetable gardens are the latest rage, born from the minds of a team of resourceful Milan architects. 

Coffees – Italians do it better the first ever documentary on the opening of Starbucks in Italy

It’s now more than official: Starbucks Reserve will open in Milan, in piazza Cordusio, in 2018. The wait is fervent. What are the thoughts on this by the Italian coffee-expert community? And the expats? A documentary inquires on the US...

Marco Gubbiotti. Umbria Essence

When strong agricultural tradition meets experimentation and contemporary taste, cucina is enriched by emotion and a different way of seeing. In this region, excellence is an everyday matter and the habits of genuine flavor risk being undervalued. Marco Gubbiotti offers...
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