We all know it: in Italy, we love bread! These very crunchy “bread sticks” were invented in Turin in 1679, by the Savoias’ personal baker, who created them appositely for king Vittorio Amedeo II, who couldn’t digest regular bread very well. Their dough is the same as bread’s but, as they are very thin, they dry while baking and remain crunchy.

Grissini were an immediate success because they were not only good to eat and easy to digest, but also lasted longer than regular bread; so famous that they became “les petits bâtons de Turin,” as Napoleon would call them, turned into a local speciality.