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Milan-based food tour guide and food writer Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses International Women's Day in Italy, its traditional sweet, and where to enjoy it in Milan. 

Sources used:

• International Women's Day official website 
• La Mimosa di Adelmo 
• Cibo Today, History of Torta Mimosa 

Pastry shops mentioned: 

• Marchesi 1824
• Pasticceria Cucchi 
• Pasticceria Clivati 
• Panzera 
• Pavé
• Pasticceria Maratesana 

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Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food writer and food tour guide based in Milan, shares some exciting news about Rita cocktail bar, whose owner Edoardo Nono, was interviewed for the Milano Files earlier this season.  

• Rita named a World's 50 Best Discovery 
• Rita's website
• Rita's Tiki Room

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Today Jaclyn, a food writer and food tour guide based in Milan, discusses the city's Carnival treats and why Milan celebrates "Sabato Grasso" or Fat Saturday instead of "Martedi grosso" or Fat Tuesday. You can find 20 great bakeries and shops in Milan to sample these carnival treats at this post on Jaclyn's blog, A Signorina in Milan. 

Sources used for the episode:

• Sky News article about Carnevale Amborsiano 2025
• Milano Today Carnival 2025 events  
• Gambero Rosso story about Milanese carnival recipes 
• Angeus Press  story about medieval Lent practices 
• Medieval Cookery website story about almond milk 
• Second History - Almond Milk Obsession 
• Milano Today - Làciàditt
• Venice Carnival History
• Ivrea Carnival
• History of Italian Carnival Masks 
• Il Giornale - Carnival recipes 
• Lombard Carnival Treats 

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Milan-based food tour guide and food writer Jaclyn DeGiorgio shares a Milanese riff on an Italian idiomatic expression. 

• Details on the idiom 
• Gino D'Acamp video 

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Milan-based Food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses a post-festival reflection on Sanremo's most undervalued and misunderstood song: Rkomi's Il Ritmo delle Cose (the Rhythm of Things). 

Pertinent links:

• Saturday Night Live skit referenced 
• Eurovision update 
• Current FIMI Music Chart 
• Il Ritmo delle Cose video 
• Il Ritmo delle Cose text 
• Screen Zen app 

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Host Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food writer and food tour guide, shares some of the latest news regarding the Sanremo 2025. 

Sources used for the episode:

• Il Sole 24
• La Repubblica 

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Milan-based food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses the 2025 edition of one of her favorite Italian traditions: the Sanremo Italian Song Festival. 

Sources used for the article:

• Sanremo 2025 final restults
• Rolling Stone Italia festival pagella
• Rolling Stone Italia article cited
• Story about Edoardo Bove from the Athletic  
• The Jackal's YouTube page
• The Jackal video: Fru's Mission 

Festival songs she added to her running playlist:

• Rose Villain – “Fuorilegge” (Outlaw)
• The Kolors – “Tu con chi fai l’amore” (Who you make love to)
• Willie Peyote – “Grazie, ma no grazie” (Thank you but no thank you)
• Clara – “Febbre” (Fever)
• Coma_Cose – “Cuoricini” (Little hearts)
• Shablo ft. Guè, Joshua and Tormento – “La mia parola” (My word)
• Rkomi – “Il ritmo delle cose” (The rhythm of things)
• Sarah Toscano – “Amarcord” (I remember)

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For this week's Milano Minute, host Jaclyn DeGiorgio discusses her thoughts on the Sanremo Italian Song Festival so far. 

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Milan-based food writer and food tour guide Jaclyn DeGiorgio veers fuori strada from her usual purview to discuss one of Italy's most cherished pop culture traditions: the Sanremo Italian Song Festival. As the contentverse is saturated with "Italysplaining" and  "how to be Italian" tips by self-styled authorities, she wanted to talk about an occasion that's super special to the Italians. 

Links below to the sources used for and/or cited in the episode:

• Sky Italia broadcasting details
• La Stampa's story about the orchestra 
• La Repubblica's story about the special guests 
• Rai News story about the covers' night 
• Eurovision article about the history of Sanremo 
• Another Eurovision Sanremo story 
• Vogue Italia story about the Sanremo programming lineup
• Eurovision's Wikipedia page 
• RTL Radio interview with Massimo Ranieri 
• Ripe Labs article about Sanremo and internet traffic in Italy 
• First Online FantaSanremo details 
• Sorrisi's list of the 2025 Sanremo songs 
• The Post International Sanremo Orchestra details 

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Jaclyn DeGiorgio, a Milan-based food writer and food tour guide, discusses a very Milanese tradition in honor of the feast day of San Biagio (Saint Blaise), which takes place on February 3d. 

Sources used for the episode:

• Milano Today
• Lombardia Comune  
• Milano Weekend 
• Gambero Rosso

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