Turin, Italy A staple in many restaurants and a favorite in many households, breadsticks first appeared around the 14th century BCE in Turin, Italy. These hard, crunchy, pencil-shaped sticks had the consistency of crackers and would last for days. The trick was to bake them to the desired level of crispy-ness without burning them.

Antonio Brunero Tradition states, however, that it originated in the region of Piedmont in the 17th century, invented by a baker called Antonio Brunero, from Turin.

Breadstick is one type of yeast-leavened dry bread characterized by a crispy and crunchy texture resembling that of pretzels, crisp flatbreads and crackers.

Italy Our Alessi Breadsticks are imported from Italy and are made with the same grissini torinesi (Turin style) recipe of centuries ago. We use only the highest quality ingredients, including our own Alessi Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

Breadstick is one type of yeast-leavened dry bread characterized by a crispy and crunchy texture resembling that of pretzels, crisp flatbreads and crackers.

bread, baked food product made of flour or meal that is moistened, kneaded, and sometimes fermented. A major food since prehistoric times, it has been made in various forms using a variety of ingredients and methods throughout the world.

As we mentioned in the paragraph above, they pair really well with such meals and dishes as soups, salads and pasta, making them the ideal appetizers! In fact, many restaurants serve fresh-baked bread sticks as appetizers, and not just with soups etc. but also with different kinds of spreads, pate or butter.

Alessi is a housewares and kitchen utensil company in Italy, manufacturing and marketing everyday items authored by a wide range of designers, architects, and industrial designers - including Achille Castiglioni, Richard Sapper, Alessandro Mendini, Ettore Sottsass, Wiel Arets, Zaha Hadid, Toyo Ito, Tom Kovac, Greg Lynn ...

Giovanni Alessi Anghini The firm Alessi was founded in 1921 when Giovanni Alessi Anghini who was a sheet metal worker set up a foundry at Omegna to produce tableware in copper, brass, and nickel silver which was then electroplated.

Its invention dates to 1679, when the baker of the Savoia Court, Antonio Brunero, created this food to nourish the Italian future king Vittorio Amedeo II, who was sick and unable to digest the soft part of the bread.

Bread is the product of baking a mixture of flour, water, salt, yeast and other ingredients. The basic process involves mixing of ingredients until the flour is converted into a stiff paste or dough, followed by baking the dough into a loaf.

The descriptors most commonly used by experts: crackers, fruity, acetic and vinegary, salty, fruity, acidic, ripe wheat, whole wheat, malty and roasted.

INGREDIENTS: Wheat Flour, Olive Oil (7%), Yeast, Barley Malt Extract, Salt.

The firm Alessi was founded in 1921 when Giovanni Alessi Anghini who was a sheet metal worker set up a foundry at Omegna to produce tableware in copper, brass, and nickel silver which was then electroplated. By 1924 the Fratelli Alessi Omegna company was making coffee pots and trays as well as small household items.

Italy Since 1921, the year in which the firm was established, most Alessi objects have been created via cold processing of the metals and, even today, are still made in Italy by highly skilled craftsmen at the factory in Crusinallo, Omegna, In recent decades, Alessi has also included many other materials in its catalogue, ...

Alessi is a housewares and kitchen utensil company in Italy, manufacturing and marketing everyday items authored by a wide range of designers, architects, and industrial designers - including Achille Castiglioni, Richard Sapper, Alessandro Mendini, Ettore Sottsass, Wiel Arets, Zaha Hadid, Toyo Ito, Tom Kovac, Greg Lynn ...