ABOUT RISOTTO
Risotto & Steel took root between Milan’s skyscrapers and urban farmhouses in 2017. Since then, we’ve been sharing Italy’s exciting and diverse cultural and culinary experiences with visitors from across the world. We celebrate the stories of Italian artisans while embracing nature, fitness, family, and slow travel with a hint of old-world luxury.
We’re based in Milan – Italy’s art and fashion capital, and, according to Saveur magazine, Italy’s most underrated food city. an untapped foodie haven. Milan’s places, communities, and heritage are endlessly intriguing, and we’re always discovering new places to share with you.
About Elizabeth
Our founder Elizabeth is a food anthropologist, art historian, and native New Yorker turned Milan local. She launched Risotto & Steel to share Italy’s untapped culinary spaces, helping visitors experience immersive, convivial, and regional gastronomy.
What started as a food tour agency quickly expanded into travel design. The more years she spends here (going on a decade!) the more she’s enraptured by Northern Italy’s endless stories and beautiful places and feels compelled to share them with you.
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Elizabeth’s vision for R&S was set into motion when she moved to Milan in 2015. Through her job at the James Beard Foundation, she produced the USA Pavilion at the food-themed World’s Fair Expo Milan in 2015. What was meant to be 7 months in Italy turned into 8 years and counting.
Nearly a decade later, she’s created a family and a home perched on an olive tree-covered hill overlooking the Ligurian Sea. When she’s not creating dream itineraries or scouting out new places for the city tours, she is writing about Italy for Eater, Prior and Italy Segreta, or cycling the Milanese countryside.
Elizabeth’s love for food, travel, and culture extends even further back than her gig with Expo Milan. She has worked with America’s first publisher of visitor guides, and in hospitality design and branding at the Rockwell Group. She founded the Food Book Fair, a festival at the intersection of food writing and culture.
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We’re here to design your trip of a lifetime based on our deep knowledge and love for Northern Italy. Our itineraries — for families, couples and individuals – are completely personalized for once-in-a-lifetime, unreplicable experiences.
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