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Didn't expect that the thing I'd get radicalized by in Italy was…focaccia. I've had it in the US and never saw the appeal. But in Italy I popped into a supermarket chain's express store (not some fancy shop), got one, and…wow, I get it. Gonna keep searching for that high, now.
in reply to David Pollak

@dpp Haven't yet, I think I'm going to have to head over to Federal Hill and see what's left of the Old Country folks.
in reply to Shriram Krishnamurthi

did you manage to try our local flat bread, piadina, during your last visit to Bertinoro?
We are very proud of it. 😋
in reply to Giulio Cesare Solaroli

@gcsolaroli NOW YOU TELL ME!!! I mean, I had stuff *like* it along the way, but maybe not exactly that? You'd know differences that I don't!
in reply to Shriram Krishnamurthi

focaccia is a country wide bread, even if lot of local “customizations” (eg focaccia genovese).
Instead piadina is very local, and usually sold in small street kiosk painted in vertical stripes (red and white or green and white, like this img.lacarte.menu/storage/media…)
in reply to Giulio Cesare Solaroli

@gcsolaroli Huh! Somehow I missed that entirely. )-: I did have a fair bit of schiacciata in Florence, so it's not like I didn't get great breaded products!
in reply to Shriram Krishnamurthi

there's plenty of good food everywhere; it's just that we love ranting about our local specialities. 🤪