Focaccia "potato pizza" in New York City. Pizza is also a similar dish. Focaccia Focaccia () is a flat oven-baked Italian bread product similar in style and texture to pizza doughs. Focaccia can be used as a side to many meals or as sandwich bread. "Focaccia al rosmarino" (focaccia with rosemary) is a common focaccia style in Italian cuisine that may be served as an antipasto, appetizer, table bread, or snack. Focaccia is similar to the Greek flatbread Lagana. In Ancient Rome, "panis focacius" was a flat bread baked on the hearth. The word is derived from the Latin "focus" meaning
Food writing Food writer Michael Pollan holds the Knight Professorship of Science and Environmental Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley and since 2013 has directed the 11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship Program. In 2013, the University of South Florida St. Petersburg began a graduate certificate program in Food Writing and Photography, created by longtime "Tampa Bay Times" food and travel editor Janet K. Keeler. This is a list of some prominent writers on food, cooking, dining, and cultural history related to food. Food writing Food writing is a type of writing that focuses on food and includes works by