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Stories about the history of food, including the creation of ciabatta bread by a rally driver in Italy in 1982 and the Maltese bakers' strike in 1977.
Also, the invention of instant noodles in Japan, the start of the Slow Food Movement in Rome and the creation of Chicken Manchurian in India.
(Photo: Different shaped artisan bread loaves. Credit: Getty Images)
Contributors:
Marco Vianello - baker and friend of the creator of ciabatta, Arnaldo CavallariNoel Buttigieg - food historianDr Sue Bailey - food historian, writer and lecturerCarlo Petrini - founder of the Slow Food MovementMomofuku Ando - colleague of the inventor of instant noodles, Yukitaka TsutsuiEdward Wang - son of Nelson Wang, the chef behind Chicken Manchurian