This includes the triangles of bread favoured by the British and the French version made with a baguette.

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The criteria -- the ingredients and how it is made -- for this baguette tradition (which is different from an ordinary baguette) are laid out in detail by a decree that was signed by the French prime minister in 1993.

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For 30 days, each morning I would walk through the city, stopping to buy my baguette and coffee, pretending to be offended when the waiter laughed as my grim attempt at French was replaced by sign language.

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