panettone
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Etymology
Origin of panettone
First recorded in 1920–25; from Italian, derivative of panetto “little loaf,” equivalent to pan(e) “bread” (from Latin pānis ) + -etto diminutive suffix
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The two most common styles of fruitcake in Europe are the stollen and panettone.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
This recipe dispatches any sort of stale loaf — the panettone, challah, brioche, a few croissants, a day-old baguette, even dried cake — forgotten among all the holiday goodies.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
EU leaders tucked into a festive lunch that included Breton medallion, sole with root vegetables and panettone.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023
As far as you know, did carbonara, panettone or pizza actually originate in the US or by American chefs?
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2023
In Rome and elsewhere in Italy an important article of Christmas food is the panettone, a currant loaf. 290Such loaves are sent as presents to friends.
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.
An Italian man got caught trying to smuggle into Switzerland some tasty contraband, including 66 panettones.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 17, 2025
If she can pull that off, she might hold office for many more panettones.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023
Almost all panettones are dressed up in pretty packaging, but this can be mere marketing makeup.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2021
We were at Antico Caffè Pasticceria Spinnato in Palermo, where we discussed the confections colored, perfumed and textured with pistachios that covered our table: cassatas, cannoli, biscotti, cakes, semifreddos, panettones, fig-stuffed buccellatos, cookies and more.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2017
This year, I had a pair of fresh panettoni — made in Arzignano, Italy, and imported within two days — and I'm a complete convert.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2021
I'd hear and see people rave about their annual panettoni, but the few that I had purchased off the shelves had a dry exterior and a crumb that flaked into cardboard-like strips when cut.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2021
Before long, consumers saw ever more vigorous battles over the prices of Easter eggs and Christmas panettoni, with loyalty card schemes vying with extravagant cuts for the best results.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2014
The tea was bad—had certainly never seen China—as grown, I daresay, in the rice fields near the city, so we declined that and ordered chocolate, which was very good, and panettoni.
From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King
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