Latteria San Marco: Food and Family in Milan [A Cookbook]

A tribute to the celebrated Milanese trattoria, which has served home-style, traditional yet innovative, Italian cooking to locals since 1965 and won over the worlds of fashion, food, design, and art in the process

On Via San Marco, in the heart of Milan’s Brera district, a modest doorway has been drawing the city’s most avant-garde crowd since 1965.

Latteria San Marco has no sign to speak of and, famously, no reservations – just a handful of tables and a queue. Over the decades, its regulars have included artists, filmmakers, writers, journalists, and designers, as well as figures from the world of fashion; inside Latteria, however, names and status have never mattered. Here, the Maggi family serves simple, seasonal, home-style cooking with unmistakable warmth in an understated and welcoming dining room.

Latteria San Marco pays tribute to one of Milan’s most cherished culinary institutions. Part portrait, part recipe collection, the book opens with an illustrated history – a living record of Milanese life as seen through a family-run trattoria, enriched by Maria and Arturo’s reflections. From there, readers are guided on a seasonal journey through more than 60 accessible recipes for home cooks, each paired with striking photography and revealing Latteria’s cooking philosophy and alchemical approach to ingredients.

Featured dishes include Arturo’s celebrated Spaghetti al Limone, Bottarga with Butterhead Lettuce and Tomatoes, Arturo's Lemon Polpette, Stewed Apples with Sultanas and Pine Nuts, and Maria's Chocolate Cake. There is a quiet alchemy to the recipes: simple ingredients, memory, and precision, balanced with rare exactness.

Infinitely inspiring, Latteria San Marco is essential reading for lovers of Italian food, Milanese culture, and stories where cuisine, family, and place converge.

• Format: Hardback
• Dimensions: 270mm x 205mm
• Pages: 248
• Brand: Phaidon
• ISBN: 9781837293872