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flatbread that figured out dimples make everything more attractive, including carbs
means A flat Italian yeast bread, dimpled all over and brushed with olive oil, often topped with salt, herbs, or whatever's around.
from From Italian, where the word traces back to Latin 'focacia,' the feminine of 'focacius' — meaning 'baked in the hearth,' from 'focus,' the Latin word for 'hearth' or 'fireplace.' So at its root, focaccia is simply 'bread of the hearth,' a cousin to French 'fouace' and a distant relative of the very word 'focus,' which once meant the fireside before it meant attention.
- older than pizza
- Romans baked it centuries before pizza existed
- the dimples
- fingerprint holes trap oil and stop bubbling
- name origin
- from Latin focus, meaning hearth or fireplace
- genoa pride
- Liguria treats it as a breakfast food, dipped in coffee
- salt crystals
- flaky finishing salt is non-negotiable, not optional
focaccia di recco — ultra-thin pastry from recco, liguria, italy, made with 256+ layers of dough
focaccia barese — thick, airy focaccia from bari, puglia, topped with tomatoes and olives since medieval times