Feb 18, 2013
Italian Fact of the Day #1:
Tuscan bread is not the wholegrain rustic fare American supermarkets offer, nor does it signify some white, round, crusty loaf of "Italian bread." It means it has no salt (and definitely no sugar). Beckons back to the time when the people in charge (some say it was the Pope, others say it was the mafia) put a tax on salt. So Tuscany said, "Fine. Eff it. We don't need salt."