Original title : Le blé le plus dur
The world is divided into two groups: those who eat wheat and those who eat rice. It was in the land of rice that Marco Polo discovered the recipe for pasta. It’s not enough to use wheat flour to make pasta, you need a certain kind of wheat: durum wheat. Economists say that durum wheat has its deposits, and like gold, they are rare. It is the most secure of all currencies, the most vital of all capitals, the product of the earth, the sun and mankind.