Pope Francis loses his baker
Mass tourism and government indifference have led to the closure of Angelo Arrigoni’s historic shop, which has supplied bread for the Vatican over the last 90 years
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Mass tourism and government indifference have led to the closure of Angelo Arrigoni’s historic shop, which has supplied bread for the Vatican over the last 90 years
ROME: The Arrigoni bakery has made bread for the popes for almost a century, from rosetta rolls to wholewheat loaves...
The Arrigoni bakery has made bread for Popes for almost a century, from rosetta rolls to wholewheat loaves -- but mass tourism has proved deadly and no prayers can save it now.
The Arrigoni bakery has made bread for the popes for almost a century, from rosetta rolls to wholewheat loaves -- but mass tourism has proved deadly and no prayers can save it now.
The Arrigoni bakery has made bread for the popes for almost a century, from rosetta rolls to wholewheat loaves -- but mass tourism has proved deadly and no prayers can save it now."The workers ate both the 'ciriola', that big, classic Roman loaf that hardly anyone makes anymore, and rosetta rolls," he told AFP. "So for his whole papacy, which lasted almost 27 years, we gave him five 'ciriola' and five rosetta rolls."