Synonymous with Turin, Napoleon called them Les petits batons de Turin. In the Italian language they call them Grissini. What are they known as in America?
Tipici del capoluogo piemontese, I grissini erano chiamati da Napoleone ‘I bastoncini di Torino’. Con guale nome sono conosciuti in inglese?

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ITALIAN LESSON

• Oggi in figura, domani in sepoltura. - (Today in person, tomorrow in a grave) - Here today, gone tomorrow
• Si vulissi sappiri i secreti e ra casa, dumanna i criaturri. - If you wish to know the secrets of a family, ask the little children.
• Meglio un uovo oggi che una gallina domani. - (Better an egg today than a chicken tomorrow.) - A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
• Chi dorme non piglia pesci. - (One who sleeps doesn't catch fish.) - The early bird catches the worm.
• Quando il gatto manca, i topi ballano. - (When the cat is missing, the mice dance.)- When the cat's away, the mice will play.
• O mangiar questa minestra o saltar questa finestra. - (Either eat this soup or jump out this window.)- Take it or leave it.
• Chi cerca trova. - (Who searches, finds.)- Seek and ye shall find.
• Vivi e lascia vivere - Live and let live
• Alle donne piacciono gli uomini silenziosi. Credono che ascoltino. - Women like silent men. They believe they are listening.