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Milan-based food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio steps outside her usual purview to discuss one of Italy's most cherished pop culture traditions: the Sanremo Italian Song Festival.

• Sanremo website
• Rai Sanremo website
• The "scaletta" (outline or program) for the first night
• History of Sanremo
• The 2026 song lyrics
• Sanremo 2026 Wikipedia page

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For today's episode, Jaclyn speaks with food writer Jacqueline Greaves about "Italy Meets Jamaica," her upcoming fundraising event in Milan.

• Check out the Italy Meets Jamaica silent auction (and make some bids!) here.
• Follow Jacqueline Greaves on Instagram here.
• The DJ is CKTRL
• Stush in the Bush -- the chefs behind the dinner
• Ital is the name of the Rastafarian diet

Donations/Ticket Purchase can be made via bank transfer to
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IBAN: IT74 O030 6909 6061 0000 0400 045
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Name of Bank: Intesa San Paolo
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Address: Largo Belotti, sn, 20121 Milano

Jacquie's story about the Calabash International Literary Festival in Town and Country

Jamaican writers mentioned:

• Zadie Smith
• Marlon James

Event sponsors:

• Campari
• Dots Milano
• Imperfetto Lab
• Nemo Lighting

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In honor of All Souls Day (November 2), Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food tour guide and food writer, rereleases season 2 episode 3 of the Milano Files, which is dedicated to pan dei morti, or bread of the dead, a baked sweet treat prepared in honor of the holy day.

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Relevant Links
Jaclyn's blog post about where to find pan dei morti in Milan
Pan dei Morti Recipe from Cucchio d'Argento (It's in Italian, but I know it's reliable because it's a solid brand.)
Cook Corriere pan dei morti story
Monza Today pan dei morti story
Switzerland Patrimoine Culinaire
Quotidiano Nazionale All Souls Day story
Punti d'Incontro Pan dei Morti story
Ossa dei Morti recipe
Giallo Zafferano Fave dei Morti recipe

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Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food tour guide and food writer, speaks with Lucrezia Bosone, the founder of Nema Creative, an agency in Milan that’s producing Natural Wines Oltrepò Urban Harvest, an event taking place in Milan on October 5th and 6th.

Jaclyn's blog post about the event.

Jaclyn's story about Oltrepò Pavese Rieslings for SevenFifty Daily.

Natural Wines Oltrepò Urban Harvest info:

• Website
• Tickets
• Instagram
• Official website of Milano Certosa District
• Castello di Stefanago (where the original event is always held in Oltrepò )

The wine grapes typical of Oltrepo Pavese that Lucrezia mentioned are Barnarda (a red), Riesling, and Pinot noirIf you want to know more about this wine region in general, check out Oltrepò Pavese Wine Consortium

The food trucks will be from:

• June Collective
• El Galactico
• Ape Cesare

Spalla cotta is cooked pork shoulder charcuterie.

Bitter is the superb restaurant in Piacenza mentioned, and the food items Lucrezia mentions are:

• Pisarei e faśö
• Giardeneria
• Mostarda
• Cotechino with (potato) puree

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Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food tour guide and food writer, steps outside her purview to remember Pope Francis, recounting what it was like to be at St. Peter's Square the night he was appointed Pope.

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Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food tour guide and food writer, discusses Pan Meino (or Pan de Mej), a cornmeal typical of Milan with a centuries-old history.

Sources used for the episode:

• Lombardia Food
• Buona Lombardia - the regione of Lombardia
• Linkiesta story about its history
• The Food of Italy by Waverly Root
• La Cucina Milanese by Fabiano Guatteri
• Cook Corriere story

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For this episode, Milan-based food tour guide and food writer Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses Salone del Mobile, Milano Design Week, and how she found herself amid an existential crisis during the event. Links to all the sources cited and brands and whatnot mentioned below:

• Salone del Mobile
• La Conceria article recapping the event numbers
• 6 AM Glass
• L'Appartamento by Artemest
• Mosca Partners Variations
• Wallpaper story about the Loro Piana and Dimore Studio activation
• Alcova
• Elle Decor's L'Alchimica
• Plato Design at Alcova
• Zarolat at Alcova
• Studio Lugo Istanbul
• Gonzalo Bascuñan
• Estudio Material

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Salone del Mobile (Milan Design Week) 2025 takes place from April 8 to 13. Host Jaclyn DeGiorgio speaks with Caterina Monda and Debrina Aliyah, founders of Metis PR, a Milan-based PR firm with several clients taking part in the occasion. This episode is part two of two, and they touch on some of their client happenings, other design week events and activations, our beloved Milan, and some design week survival tips.

Relevant links:

• Euroluce (Reggiani and ILTI Luce are their friends participating)
• La Dolce Attesa by Paolo Sorrentino and Antonio Monda
• La Trattoria by Bitossi Home at Sugo Milano
• The Oasis of Happiness by Pangea
• Fidenza Village
• David Dulcini
• Volumia Gallery in Piacenza
• Alcova
• Deoron
• 5 Vie at the Museum of Science and Technology

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