Do you have sunflower seed bread?
gi-ra-SO-le — four syllables, stress on third.
When looking for seeded bread — increasingly common in Italian bakeries as health-conscious options.
'Semi di girasole' = sunflower seeds. Italian artisan bakeries increasingly offer seeded breads — sunflower, pumpkin ('zucca'), poppy ('papavero'), flax ('lino'), sesame ('sesamo'). These are usually found in larger cities and health-oriented bakeries.
Avete il pane ai semi misti?
Do you have mixed seed bread?
'Semi misti' = mixed seeds — all varieties combined in one bread
Il pane multicereali?
The multigrain bread?
'Multicereali' = multigrain — several grain types in one loaf
Avete pane con le noci?
Do you have walnut bread?
Walnut bread ('pane con le noci') pairs beautifully with cheese and charcuterie
The Italian artisan bread renaissance has brought an enormous variety of seeded and grain breads to Italian bakeries. What was once a uniformly wheat-based bread culture has diversified enormously. Spelt ('farro'), einkorn ('monococco'), and emmer bread are particularly popular in Tuscany and Umbria.