Believe it or not, the cleaning must be sufficiently scrupulous so as to ensure that not asinglegrain of desert sand is transported out of the Middle East, lest it carry bacteria or diseases back to U.S. shores.
The separate elements are so perfectly joined together that the Riva looks as if it might have been carved out of asingle tree, the grain of the cedar lustrous under gleaming varnish.
Since 1 calorie of beef requires 8 times as much input of grain as asingle calorie of bread, Petrela recognizes that rising protein consumption means a rising demand for grains which in turn means a rising demand for global farmland.