food

During Paris fashion week, there’s always at least one person who wants to tag along with me to the City of Light, but when I float the idea of Milan fashion week, most friends and family hem and haw and suddenly remember something important they have to do.

Which is too bad, because Milan has a lot to offer food-wise, and it’s a lot cheaper than Paris. In the charming neighborhood south of Porta Romana, Dongiò is a lovely trattoria with a very specific Calabrian bent. Many of the dishes get slow-building heat from a spicy type of Calabrian sausage, n’duja, which is rarely seen stateside (but is apparently making an appearance at Blanca). (more…)