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Chiara Fontana
Where Munich actually eats
Based in Munich, Germany.
Chiara moved from Bologna to cook in Munich and now spends her mornings at the Viktualienmarkt stalls and her evenings in the city's Wirtshäuser. She can point you to the last honest Weisswurst breakfast and the Schwabing trattoria that isn't just filling tables with tourists.
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