On the rise

Article Abstract:

Turin, Italy's five-foot-long breadsticks, known as grissini, are legendary. The famous breadsticks were allegedly invented to cure an ailing 17th century Duke's stomach, and were favored by Napoleon Bonaparte. A search for and a recipe of Italy's best grissini is detailed.

Italy, Recipes and menus, Bread, Turin, Italy

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Variations on a theme

Article Abstract:

Hot Manhattan real estate is increasingly being used for theme restaurants, where a large profits from merchandise sales complement small profits from mediocre food. New restaurants feature country-western, undersea, Disney, Warner Brothers and circus themes.

Innovations, New York, New York, Restaurants

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Meals of the millennium

Article Abstract:

A history of cooking is presented, starting with the Neanderthals and the homo sapiens and ending with Lombardi's first American pizzeria in 1905 and with London's awakening to modern culinary styles at the end of the twentieth century.

Cooking, History, Cookery

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