Gourmet Milan

Your food experience in the side of Milan that preserves its ancient traditions.

Italian Food&Cook: the hidden taste of food.

Historical wine cellars and drink industries in Lombardy.

1. Are you a foodie? Discover the culinary secrets that this incredible city has to offer. I will unfold the hidden corners of Milan and reveal its delicious gastronomic traditions and unique flavours visiting various districts and historical food stores.
   During the private guided walking tour you will see the side of the city that preserves its ancient traditions, it’s the Milan of the historical cafés and pastry shops, of the old bakeries, of the wine cellars and of the old delicatessen stores where the cuisine remains unchanged: characteristic and genuine.
   You will enjoy various tastings that change according to day and the time you book but one is a must you can’t miss: the famous “risotto alla milanese”,  el risòtt à la milanesa, in the Milanese dialect.
   Last but not least during your food experience you will be passing by many monuments like the Duomo, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, the medieval district, the Ancient Roman archeological zone, the enchanting bohemian Brera neighborhood. . . . . Contact Barbara Quarello now

2. About 6 km away from the historical center you find rise fields.
   The show of nature plays the main role: you see immense water expanses because the rice fields are flooded in March while until September and October the green of the rice seedlings takes over. Around the cascine, the local farmsteads equipped with water mills, and among frogs, storks, herons, mallards, is cultivated the famous local rice Carnaroli.
   Enjoy the country life in Milan!
   The rice experience includes a high-quality vehicle registered for passenger transport driven by a professional driver.

3. Cooking classes, for example:  
   • the “cotoletta alla Milanese” (cutlet) is one of the must-eats of the capital of Lombardy.
   • ice cream demo in an artisanal ice cream laboratory.
   • the Panettone: the world’s favorite sweet Milanese cake. How is the authentic Panettone made?

Duration of the three private guided tours: 4 hours.

PLEASE NOTE: Gluten free also.

4. Discovery experience of industries in Lombardy that produce famous Italian drinks and liqueurs like Crodino, Cedrata, Campari, Fernet Branca …
   

   Discovery experience of exceptional Lombard wines whose cellars are unique in the world.

   Duration of these tours varies according to the one you choose. Minimum duration: about six hours. Use of private transportation is included. Book your private tour now

5. Walking dinners in Milan for corporate groups.
   This product is entirely customised, the walking dinner is carried out in the historical centre of Milan and I select three restaurants (one for the starters, one for the main courses, one for the desserts) according to the number of the group.
   The duration of the walking dinner: 4 hours (including the three courses).

I would like you to take into account that the private guided tours I design are based on the concept of Slow Food.
Slow Food aims to show that there is a way to feed the planet with good, clean and fair food for everyone without exploiting the world’s resources.
This was the message of Expo 2015, the six month long Universal Exhibition “Feeding the planet. Energy for life” which took place in Milan from 1st May to 31st October 2015.