Italian cuisine is so good UNESCO just recognised it as 'Intangible Cultural Heritage'

""intimacy with food, respect for ingredients, and shared moments around the table.""

""We are so happy about what happened today,""

""The value of Italians is through our food. That is who we are,""

""[This recognition] is really history - for the country, for Italians all around the world, and for everybody that loves Italian cooking.""

UNESCO officially recognized Italian cooking as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during its assembly in Delhi on December 10. The designation highlights human and human-made elements of Italy’s culinary tradition, including artisanal techniques, communal practices, intimacy with food, respect for ingredients, and shared moments around the table. Maddalena Fossati, editor-in-chief of Condé Nast Traveller Italia and La Cucina Italiana, developed the idea during COVID, brought it to the Italian government, and served as President of the Committee Promoting Italian Cuisine for UNESCO Recognition. A delegation worked five years to secure the designation, marking the first time a whole nation’s cuisine received such UN recognition.

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