Street-food guru Giuseppe Zen has done it again with this spectacular cheese bar in the Mercato Comunale. Let them arrange a tasting plate of some of the finest raw-milk cheeses in Lombardy, all of which come from heritage producers grazing high-mountain pastures. Make a meal of it with a glass of biodynamic wine and the house-made tiramisu.
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