Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Cash-strapped French snap up ‘yesterday’s baguette’ - FRANCE - FRANCE 24

http://mobile.france24.com/en/20121211-french-bakery-old-yesterday-baguette

" The baguette, a prized symbol of French identity and considered sacred by French chefs, is usually considered spoilt the day after it has been baked, and generally thrown away. According to Le Parisien, even the sales assistant working in the shop joked that day-old bread is considered the "anti-Christ" in France, but that the shop was nonetheless proving popular in a city that is one of the worst-hit by the country's financial crisis."

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