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Best baguette award ruffles Parisian feathers

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An award for the best baguette in Paris has been won by a baker who was born in Senegal.

The outcome of the contest has caused something of a stir in France - where last year a debate on national identity was quietly shelved because of the anti-immigrant rhetoric it generated.

David Chazan reports.

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