The Milano Files
The Milano Files champions the food, wine, beverage, and lifestyle culture of Milan - home to Italy's most electric food scene. Host Jaclyn DeGiorgio, who considers herself Milan's cheerleader-in-chief, is a food tour guide as well as a food, wine, and travel writer who's lived in the Lombard capital for over a decade. The fiercest champion for her adopted city and its surroundings you'll ever meet, Jaclyn celebrates Milan's, and most of Northern Italy's, overlooked, though no less noteworthy allure--especially on the food front.
The Milano Files
Cinepanettone - Italy's farcical Christmas comedies
In honor of the holiday season (and Milan's beloved leavened treat!), Jaclyn discusses a quirky Italian holiday film form: Cinepanettone. These offbeat comedies date back to the 1980s.
Sources used for the episode:
- Sky News round-up of the best cinepanettone films to watch
- Il Foglio - Aridatece il cinepanettone
- NPC Magazine - The True Story of Cinepanettone - the Italian comfort movie
- I Sorrisi's round-up of the best Christian De Sica cinepanettone movies
- A History of Italian Cinema by Peter Bondanella and Federico Pacchioni
If you're visiting Milan and would like to book a food tour with Jaclyn when you're in town, send her an email: jaclyndegiorgiofoodtours@gmail.com
Jaclyn's blog: A Signorina in Milan
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