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The croissant, tasting at the Atelier du Goût
And what if, before becoming one of the symbols of the French art de vivre, from the breakfast swallowed quickly at the counter while rehashing the world to the palatial breakfast served on a rolling table, the croissant was above all one of the symbols - one of the very first - of globalization? Some say they were already being made in ancient Persia, others that they were eaten in Central Europe as early as the Middle Ages, others that they were invented by Viennese bakers to celebrate the victory over the Ottoman invaders, then imported to France by Marie-Antoinette, but the origin remains unclear. It's hard to tell what's true and what isn't, and to distinguish between the legendary and the not-so-real, especially as there are few reliable archives on the subject of gastronomy.
