If you had to pick a single variety of potato to represent all Idaho potatoes, it would have to be the Burbank russet. 1  Named for horticulturist Luther Burbank, who developed it in the early 1870s in response to the Irish potato famine, the Burbank russet is particularly resistant to blight, which is what caused the famine.
Close share panel Ã. Media captionCaroline Hawley reports: ''Famously publicity shy, Michele Ferrero headed a family chocolate empire with a fairytale story''. Billionaire Michele Ferrero, whose global chocolate empire made him Italy's richest man, has died aged 89. His privately-owned firm is famous for its chocolate-hazelnut Nutella spread, Ferrero Rocher chocolates, Kinder eggs and Tic Tac sweets.
Of the 1,645 people who made it to the 2014 FORBES list of the Worldâs Billionaires, 9 of them are black, up from 7 a year ago. Nigerian cement tycoon Aliko Dangote is still the richest black person in the world, and heâs the richest by a long shot â $9.7 billion richer than Saudi-Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Al-Amoudi.