Italian bakeries are often known for their bread. Indeed, different types of Italian bread are unique and delicious. However, bread is not the only thing Italians bake. If you visit an Italian bakery, you should also look at its selection of pastries. Here are some of the most popular and delicious Italian pastries to order. Pasticciotto Pasticciotto could be considered an Italian version of the eclair. It's a puff pastry made with a light, fluffy dough.

Bread is a staple, a seemingly humble foundation for many meals. Bread production is a millennia-old endeavor, and in some ways it's taken that long to perfect the art of creating artisan bread. As The Week defines it, artisan bread is that which has been handmade of high-quality ingredients without the assistance of technology. Well, as you can imagine, with that comes some challenges. It's the ability to overcome these challenges that makes bakers masters at their craft — in other words, true artisans.