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gressins

breadsticks

"Grissini stirati" of Turin (Italy) in a proper case tu be served at table

The French have frenchified the Italian word, grissini for their gressins. Breadsticks were invented in Turin, back then the capital of the French-Italian Duchy of Savoy—so they really aren’t that foreign.

Pain beurré plongé dans un oeuf à la coque

Mouillettes de pain are thin slices of toast or bread, for dipping in your soft-boiled egg or hot Mont d'Or.

Bread, pancakes, etc

Text © Dana Facaros

Images by K.Weise, Syced