Today marks National Bread Day in Italy, a day that will give bread lovers a chance to watch how bakers prepare the daily pane. According to U.K.’s Italy Magazine, Roman bakers are celebrating the day with the advent of a new bread – the “Tottino.”
The initiative has been extended into a week-long event in the Italian capital where a new local bread has been invented and named after the beloved captain of the city’s Serie A soccer team: Francesco Totti. The ‘Tottino’ is a circular loaf weighing about half a kilo and mixes white durum wheat flour with whole wheat flour.
For more information on Festa Nazionale del Pane, check out this link (in Italian) using a web translator.
