Gorgonzola Gorgonzola Gorgonzola (; ) is a veined Italian blue cheese, made from unskimmed cow's milk. It can be buttery or firm, crumbly and quite salty, with a "bite" from its blue veining. Gorgonzola has been produced for centuries in Gorgonzola, Milan, acquiring its greenish-blue marbling in the 11th century. However, the town's claim of geographical origin is disputed by other localities. Today, it is mainly produced in the northern Italian regions of Piedmont and Lombardy. Whole cow's milk is used, to which starter bacteria are added, along with spores of the mold "Penicillium glaucum". "Penicillium roqueforti", used in Roquefort cheese,
Muggiano (district of Milan) Muggiano (district of Milan) Muggiano ( ) is a district ("quartiere") of Milan, Italy, part of the Zone 7 administrative division of the city. It is located in western periphery, bordering on the "comune"s of Cesano Boscone, Cusago, Settimo Milanese, and Trezzano sul Naviglio. Before being annexed to Baggio (in 1869), which in turn was annexed to Milan, Muggiano used to an autonomous comune. The name "Muggiano" is of Roman origin; the place used to be called "Modianus", after the governor of its territory, named "Modius". Until the 1990s, Muggiano was mostly a scarcely populated, rural district, with a landscape