Mama Loves Italy notes a clear difference between the breakfast eaten in Italian households and the breakfast served in hospitality settings. Italian households tend to stick with simple breakfasts made with uncooked ingredients. The most popular breakfast food in Italy is pane, burro e marmellata — bread, butter, and jam. One particular variation on this Italian breakfast is fette biscottate, a twice-baked thinly sliced bread often served with butter and apricot jam. Nice