The name of this long, wide loaf of bread is Italian for "slipper"
The name says it all: This dough contains fresh rosemary that is 
incorporated... [DOC] [TLE] The Secret To Making Real Italian Bread | jovinacooksitalian [PAR] May 30, 2012 ... Italians value the size of their loaves of bread and prefer their bread to have a soft 
... slack dough breads, however, the name ciabatta was not applied to the loaf 
until ... and thus dubbed his loaf ciabatta di Como (slipper bread of the Como).