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    Focaccia is a flatbread that originated in ancient Greece or Italy as an unleavened bread. It derives its name from the Latin for "bread of the hearth" as it was traditionally baked on a hearth or under ashes. While focaccia can rise slightly without yeast in thin air environments, it is now often topped like pizza. Focaccia played a role in ancient Roman Saturnalia festivals and was later incorporated into Christmas celebrations by the Catholic Church, who also used it in communion. Though no longer considered holy, focaccia remains popular worldwide in various forms and toppings today.

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    Focaccia is a flatbread that originated in ancient Greece or Italy as an unleavened bread. It derives its name from the Latin for "bread of the hearth" as it was traditionally baked on a hearth or under ashes. While focaccia can rise slightly without yeast in thin air environments, it is now often topped like pizza. Focaccia played a role in ancient Roman Saturnalia festivals and was later incorporated into Christmas celebrations by the Catholic Church, who also used it in communion. Though no longer considered holy, focaccia remains popular worldwide in various forms and toppings today.

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    Focaccia is a flatbread that originated in ancient Greece or Italy as an unleavened bread. It derives its name from the Latin for "bread of the hearth" as it was traditionally baked on a hearth or under ashes. While focaccia can rise slightly without yeast in thin air environments, it is now often topped like pizza. Focaccia played a role in ancient Roman Saturnalia festivals and was later incorporated into Christmas celebrations by the Catholic Church, who also used it in communion. Though no longer considered holy, focaccia remains popular worldwide in various forms and toppings today.

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    Running Head: FOCACCIA

    Focaccia
    Kerry Nefferdorf
    CIV

    FOCACCIA

    Focaccia
    The name focaccia derives from panis focacius, which is Latin for bread of the
    hearth a flat bread baked on a hearth, or sometimes under the ashes of a fire. It has variations
    in Turkey, Greece, Italy, France and Spain, and originated either in North Central Italy with the
    Etruscans, or in Ancient Greece. Either way, the bread itself predates the Latin-derived name by
    which we call it.
    Focaccia has its origins as an unleavened bread. In certain atmospheric conditions, it will
    still rise a bit even without yeast. This implies that focaccia was first developed in an inland,
    mountainous region, where the air is thinner, as opposed to a coastal area, where yeast is needed
    to make focaccia rise.
    While focaccia still exists, and is quite popular, in its original form, it is also an ancestor of
    pizza. Focaccia itself is often topped with many of the same ingredients as pizza, although the
    toppings vary widely from country to country and region to region.
    FocacciaplayedanimportantroleintheRomanfestivalofSaturnalia,andasSaturnalias
    traditionswereappropriatedintoChristmascelebrations,sowasFocaccia.Infact,duringthe
    middleages,unleavenedfocacciawasoftenusedbytheChurchinthecelebrationofthe
    Eucharist.
    Whilenolongerconsideredholy,focacciaremainsaspopularasitwasthousandsof
    yearsago.Itisbelovedwithallitsmanytoppingsandinallitsmanyforms.

    FOCACCIA

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