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Snap the grissini into short lengths, then dip each end into the chocolate to coat a little.

Plus there's an inhouse bakery, which claims to show diners what focaccia and grissini are meant to taste like.

"So we've got this idea of doing what the Venetians do, a glass of wine and a lovely little bit of cicchetti, whether that's salmon round the grissini [bread sticks] - just to keep that appetite going.

In addition, the in-house bakery will showcase Italian breads such as focaccia and grissini. Vegetarian items will also be available along with lower calorie and gluten-free pasta varieties.

The line includes Italian-made durum wheat pasta, Florentine biscotti, artichoke spread, Ligurian pesto, Tuscan Kale Pesto, coffee, Grissini bread sticks, seasonings, wines, chocolates, snacks and Taralli, a round and knotted cracker alternative from the Puglia region, and more.

As soon as the guests sat down, a crumpled paper bag with fresh-baked bread and grissini was brought to the table.

The new menu will include a range of tapas dishes such as oven baked grissini with olive oil germolata and balsamic dipping oil, cauliflower fritters with curried mayo and spicy beef meatballs in tomato garlic sauce.

Turin boasts several culinary inventions: grissini (breadsticks), Lavazza coffee and Martini.

"Try some easy and tasty grissini wrapped in Parma ham with creamy pesto dip, or if you want something hot, prawn skewers with lemon, butter and chilli.

This profusely and beautifully illustrated, 208 page cookbook compendium of nutritious recipes that will please any palate and satisfy any appetite offers dishes ranging from Very Berry Buckwheat Pancakes; Springtime Rosemary Grissini and Prosciutto Bouquet; and Pizzette Party; to Paper Fun Wrapped White Fish; Farro Arancini with Parmigiano and Mozzarella; and Light-As-A-Cloud Almond Semi-Freddo with Warm Chocolate Sauce.

The selection of lavash (flatbread) grissini, focaccia and ciabatta looks appealing and tastes terrific.

For a bread-like complement, serve with long, thin grissini (Italian breadsticks), stuck in a tall, narrow glass.

Homemade bread can be found at the bakery corner, where selections include breadsticks, rolls, pretzel buns, rye bread, French baguettes, seeded bread rings, grissini and artistic MSC logo breads.

He spent five years at the legendary restaurant, Grissini, and one year in charge of the Banquets and Events Kitchen.