Focaccia

The origins of this delicious Italian flat bread infused with olive oil and herbs can be traced all the way back to the ancient Greeks or Etruscans. The modern name is traceable to the ancient Romans. A flat bread baked in the ashes of the hearth was known as panis focacius, focus being the Roman word for “hearth.” As the Romans conquered territory and expanded their empire, they also spread their distinctive flat bread all over the Mediterranean. Largely seen as an early precursor t