Fare la scarpetta is a phrase in the Italian language that's close to the heart of everyone who has enjoyed a delicious plate of pasta with sauce. Meaning "make the little shoe," it refers to the small piece of bread used to mop up the last of the sauce on your plate.

This end to a meal ritual is vastly popular all over Italy; however, where it originates is still open to debate. There's one theory that the practice began in Venice, though bread wasn't usually served with pasta in northern Italy, whereas it was in the south of the country, therefore it is implausible to assume it originated there.

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Source: http://www.italymagazine.com/