i am slowly cooking my way through this one. the italian country table-home cooking from italy's farmhouse kitchens. good stuff.
it's funny how all these "cool" things on menus today...bruschetta, crostini, pappa al pomodori...are just ways nonna came up with to use stale bread! nothing fancy. left-over bread stretched the meat in the polpetti. and thickened the ribollito.
smart people, those italians.