Breadsticks

Breadsticks are definitely a traditional Italian recipe, but the real deal is a far cry from the doughy, buttery loaves that have come to be wrongly associated with Italian cuisine. Grissini were invented in Turin during the seventeenth century, apparently to settle the stomach of a young duke who couldn’t digest soft bread. Naturally, these breadsticks aren’t very bready at all; rather, they resemble long, crunchy crackers. The best grissini are immediately identifiable by their rustic, im