This document provides information on various types of bread from around the world in short descriptions. It discusses calzone, an Italian bread often served with marinara sauce; chapati, a staple flatbread from Pakistan and India made from wheat flour and cooked on a grill; Cuban bread, a white bread similar to a baguette but made with lard or shortening; and croissant, a rich, buttery roll made of puff pastry layered with butter. It also mentions crispbread, an ancient Scandinavian bread; cornbread, an American bread made from cornmeal; colomba di Pasqua, an Italian Easter bread shaped like a dove; and ciabatta, an Italian wheat loaf with a

1. Bread

3. A Guide To The
Many Types Of
Bread

4. CALZONE
Calzone, the Italian word for
“stocking”. In the U.S., it is often
served with a marinara sauce for
dipping.

5. CHAPATI
A type of roti, chapati is a staple flatbread of
Pakistan and India. It is made from whole-
grain durum wheat (atta flour), water and
salt, rolled into discs of approximately five
inches in diameter, cooked on a hot grill and
served with ghee (clarified butter). It is
generally eaten with lentil soup and curry
dishes.

6. CUBAN BREAD
Cuban bread, used to make an
authentic Cuban sandwich, is a white
bread similar to French and Italian
baguette-like loaves, but made with
lard or vegetable shortening; it is
usually made in long, baguette-like
loaves.

8. CROISSANT
A rich, buttery, crescent-shaped roll
made of puff pastry that layers yeast
dough with butter (known as
laminating). Stories of the roll being
made in the shape of the crescent of
the Turkish flag, after the defeat of
the Turks in the Siege of Vienna in
1683, are a perpetuated myth.

9. CRISPBREAD
Crispbread was invented in
Scandinavia in medieval
times, baked in Sweden and
Finland to preserve the wheat
crop over the long, cold winters

10. CORNBREAD
Corn, a grain indigenous to America, is
milled into cornmeal, which can be baked
into bread. There are several types of
cornbread. The earliest is a skillet bread
(also known as hoecake), made from
cornmeal, egg and buttermilk and fried in
a fat, then baked in the oven.

11. COLOMBA DI PASQUA
An Italian Easter bread, made in the shape
of a dove. The classic colomba is a soft yeast
dough with candied fruit (including orange
peel), topped with icing, whole almonds,
and granulated sugar

12. CIABATTA
Pronounced cha-BOT-a, ah Italian wheat loaf with
a porous crumb, made withyeast. It is baked in a
variety of styles, depending on the region—the
crispness of the crust and the density of the
crumb will vary.

13. Bread with a emotional moment.

14. For breakfast

15. For picnic

16. For sharing
with a loved
one

17. For deprived and not so deprived

18. An art for
cooks