Category Archives: Lombardy

Tasting 100 of Italy’s best wines

Posted on 9 April 2013 by

While Vinitaly is the most important wine event on the Italian calendar, the most memorable part of the action-packed week (if talking and tasting wine can be considered action) actually takes place the day before the trade fair begins. The … Continue reading →

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Serbian Music on a Double-Decker Bus in Milan

Posted on 20 February 2012 by

There are many great things about living in Milan, not least of which is that once a year Serbia’s tourism board rents a double-decker bus, gets a band to play traditional Serbian music and then sends the pair on their … Continue reading →

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Affordable Art in Milan

Posted on 14 February 2012 by

Two Sundays ago with Milan amply below freezing and me fighting a stubborn virus and in need of an excuse to leave the house, I ended up at the Affordable Art Fair. There are trade fairs for cosmetics, farm vehicles, … Continue reading →

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Coming of Age in Milan Cooking Turkey for Thanksgiving

Posted on 28 November 2011 by

In American culture you have not come of age until you have cooked a turkey and hosted a Thanksgiving meal with enough people that you are forced to resort to the foldout chairs. I reached this marker last year, just … Continue reading →

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Gualtiero Marchesi in Bed with McDonald’s, Sell Out or Foodie Move of the Century?

Posted on 14 November 2011 by

So I ate a hamburger at McDonald’s the other day. Not exactly the most foodie of things to do, but in the interest of hands-on reporting I went in, ordered my burger and since the sun was shining in Milan … Continue reading →

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