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For a city once dubbed the “Second Croatian Capital,” ithere are very few Croatian restaurants in Chicago.
“This is just such an amazing culture with such great, amazing food, and it doesn’t get spotlighted somehow, especially for a city where we have such a big Croatian and Balkan population,” says Joe Flamm, former executive chef at Michelin-starred Spiaggia, “Top Chef” winner and owner of soon-to-open Croatian-Italian restaurant, Rose Mary.
According to the 2015 U.S. Census, about 6,000 Cook County residents identify as Croatian, but because Croatia didn’t have political autonomy when many immigrants arrived, they were counted with Slovenians or Yugoslavians. Community leaders estimate the actual number of residents with Croatian heritage to be 150,000 to 200,000.
I moved to
Milan five years ago after eight years in London. It’s the only place in Italy where you can live to an international rhythm, with instant access to all the great things Italy has to offer.
Emilia moved to Milan five years ago.
Photograph by Emilia Antonia De Vivo
A revolution started here in 2015 with the Expo and IT hasn’t stopped since. Every sector of public life has been improved, from the transport system to the redesign of whole new districts like
Porta Garibaldi and
Tortona. So many world-class architects have worked here, from Zaha Hadid to Mario Cucinella. Today, Milan is Italy’s architectural laboratory.