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he origins of this sweet bread go back to Roman times, but it was the bakers of Milan in the early 20th century who made it their own. The name ought to mean ‘big little bread’, or ‘big cake’ (and probably does), but it may come from , translating as ‘luxury bread’ or, more literally, ‘bread of the (haut, or bon) ton’. It is always

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