My 25% Southern Italian blood influences my preferences for semolina bread rather than the bland, Tuscan bread.
Chewy, intensely aromatic, with a dense yellow crumb, it is my go-to bread when I bake it at home with my sourdough starter.
For a meal with friends, I jazzed it up with fennel pollen and pitted green olives. I served the bread as an appetizer a…

