Gorgonzola

It's a place, not just a cheese. Actually, the cheese comes from that place. And that place is on the subway system of Milan! On Sunday, I went to Gorgonzola for the Sagra Nazionale del Gorgonzola. Essentially, the Gorgonzola cheese fest.



I joined up with Tommi, Ali, Linda, and Monica, and met their fun friends Gemma and Carlo. We all ate lots of great cheesy food! Here, we're eating gnocchi in gorgonzola cream with walnuts and grapes, and pizza gorgonzola!



We headed back to town after filling ourselves with cheese, and headed over to do some browsing at La Rinascente. Linda wanted to see these Marc Jacobs mouse shoes!



The Duomo was light up that evening, which I always like to see. They don't light up the stained glass every night, and I don't know the schedule, but I suspect that it's just on the weekends?



For dinner we went to L'Altra Taverna, a Neapolitan pizza restaurant. I figured it would be good since it was Tommi's choice. (I always trust Tommi's restaurant and wine picks, he's a pro after all.) But it was amazing! Tommi recommended the stuffed crust pizza. It looks small on my plate, right, but I could not finish it. It's like a pizza with a calzone crust. To stuff the crust, they use ricotta with porcini mushrooms blended in. It's so creamy and delicious, and so filling! I will definitely be going again...