In Milan, the birthplace of panettone, lievito madre is the one and only yeast bakers are allowed to use. We visited Pavé, a local bakery, to find out what else makes Milanese panettone so special.

The heaviest recorded panettone was made in 2018, weighing 332kg, 150 centimetres high and 115cm wide, by a team of chefs in Milan in 2018 who won a Guinness World Record for their efforts.

Diana Lee: Journalist covering food and lifestyle trends in Italy, based in Milan. The piece de resistance is the panettone, the cupola shaped sweet bread synonymous with Christmas in Italy.

Panettone is a Christmas staple now. The gloriously festive sweet bread from Milan has conquered the world, becoming a yuletide tradition on almost every continent. Tall and elegant, ideally with ...