What is bread in Italian?

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the italian wird for "bread" is "pane"... although this doesn't tell much about the importance of bread in the Italian culture and eating habits.

Not only does it exist in multiple forms and shapes throughout the Peninsula, it is so historically important in the nutrition of the Italian people, that even today in Italy it is told "pane e companatico", meaning "bread and whatever-else-comes-with-bread".

Presence of bread on the table was fundamental, as everything else was so scarcely available on a regular basis that was almost only meant to accompany the bread...

If you are curious to know more about the italian bread and the different forms, may I suggest you visit my page (linked below.) It is not at all an exhaustive list of the italian breads in existence, but it is a start!

Ciao,

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