For Italian bread, hands down the best this year was at Nicolo’s Italian Bakery and Deli (6 Baldwin St., Montclair, 973-746-1398). The Zecchino family has been at it for almost 40 years, and they bake hard crusts, soft crusts, semolinas, ciabattas, panellas, French baguettes, rings and all kinds of rolls; you can’t go wrong with any choice.