When an intense afternoon shopping with friends inevitably leads to you craving a gourmet treat, is there a better place to go than Cioccolati Italiani? Though it now has three...

For me there’s always a been a direct, and exponentially inverse correlation between the declining temperature and my desire for marrons glacé – candied chestnuts. Call it ‘comfort food’, call...

When you find yourself in the centre of Milan, legs aching from a long day of shopping, stomach panged with hunger, you’re left either on your feet tucking into a slice...

If The Royal Tenenbaums’ family story remains an everlasting movie, when I saw The Grand Budapest Hotel it was love at first sight. The Bar Luce, designed by the...

The arrival of spring this year has given us Milanese warm and sunny days, and today I have chosen to travel with public transportation. I am in the area of...

My little corner of peace here in Milan is called Di Viole di Liquirizia (licorice violets). A name that brings dreamy images to mind almost fairytale like. Actually when you step...

When you enter Pavé, on a road not too far from Porta Venezia, the immediate sensation that you get is that you have been catapulted in to the lounge...

I have a best friend and she’s called Sissi.  And she is the owner, along with her fun and exuberant Senegalese husband Zig, of the renowned Pasticceria Sissi of piazza Risorgimento. The...

There are some places that make you wanna be elegant, to dress up without overdressing. Places that make you wanna treat yourself and be chic. Well, Pasticceria Cucchi makes you wanna...

When I was in college Gattullo bakery stood out as the most sophisticated café in the area. As a freshmen, I remember standing there with other shy students admiring the...

I don’t know about you guys, but I haven’t got much of a sweet tooth. Breakfast, lunch or dinner. Snack time or with a hangover. Between a chocolate croissant...

Cova, Cova, Cova… pure temptation! Café, patisserie or luxury boutique? It’s hard to single out this little gem from the glittery windows of fashion’s elite, competing with breathtaking marketing...