Fettunta

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Tray of fresh “fettunta” (literally: oily slice)
Grilled Tuscan bread with olive oil (and garlic)
Piazza de' Pitti
Florence, December 2015

“Fettunta is a contraction of the Italian words fetta and unta, often (awkwardly) translated as ‘oily slice’ in English. Una fetta is indeed a slice of something—cake, bread, cheese, meat—and unta does in fact mean ‘oily.’ But I think we can do better.” (Fettunta: Garlic Bread the Tuscan Way, The Bittersweet Gourmet)