Possibly the most Italian of all Italian food, bruschetta is a mini-meal that can be served at any time. It's often used as canapés at a party or similar gathering, most Italian restaurants offer them as a starter, but you can also have them as a companion dish to a main meal - or even afterward. At their heart they're just grilled slices of garlic bread topped with olive oil and tomatoes, but something about them just works.
Because the word is Italian, the spelling isn't our biggest clue to getting the pronunciation right. You'd look at it and think that it has to be pronounced "broo-shet-ta", but it isn't, much as the waiter in your favorite Italian restaurant lets you get away with it. When they're at home, the Italians harden up that middle 'c' and make it "broo-sket-ta", and so that's how we really should be saying it as well.