Some background: Ippudo is no local (or, for that matter, seasonal) product. Itâs the first American outpost of a Japanese chain of more than 50 restaurants, a fact I find amusing. Chains are usually frowned upon by the food cognoscenti, as this one would be if it had arrived in New York via St. Louis and St. Paul.
PETITE REFERS TO STATURE, NOT WEIGHT. According to the fashion industry Petite is defined as 5â²5â³ inches tall and under. In the United States petite women represent 70% of the female population. There are approximately a hundred million petite fit and petite plus size women domestically. (USA Petite Model winners featured to the left.).
Petite bourgeoisie (French pronunciation: â), also petty bourgeoisie (literally small bourgeoisie), is a French term (sometimes derogatory) referring to a social class comprising semi-autonomous peasantry and small-scale merchants whose politico-economic ideological stance in times of socioeconomic stability is determined by reflecting that of a ...