The cuisine of Italy has been formally proposed for inclusion on the roster of UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Italian government.
It's not hard to understand why Italian food is so popular—from pasta prepared from scratch using time-honored family recipes to pizza cooked in wood-burning ovens at establishments that have been in the same families for decades, and everything in between. In the 2022 Readers' Choice Awards, some of our visitors even voted for a particular region in Italy as having the very finest cuisine in the entire globe. In the not-too-distant future, UNESCO may decide to formally preserve Italian cuisine along with its cultural heritage.
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The Italian government made an official announcement toward the end of March 2023 that it intended to submit a nomination for Italian cuisine to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
The nomination document emphasizes the role that it has played in influencing the country's biological and societal diversity. According to what was stated by the European Food Agency, described Italian cuisine as a "set of social practices, rites, and gestures based on the many local knowledge that, without hierarchies, identify and connote it." In other words, Italian cuisine is a “set of social practices, rites, and gestures.”
The movement, which is being led by the editor-in-chief of La Cucina Italiana, Maddalena Fossati, and is being driven by the efforts of world-renowned Italian chefs (such as Massimo Bottura, Davide Oldani, and Antonia Klugmann, to name a few), aims to celebrate the exceptional range of the nation's cuisine and to promote the value that Italy's gastronomic culture holds for people all over the world.
Since the year 2020, Fossati has been tirelessly advocating for this result, and she has expressed that she is "deeply moved by this news." "I have faith in who we are as a people and in Italy, a country is challenging and beautiful. According to Fossati, the moment has come to make an effort and demonstrate a strong commitment to reasserting the significance of our gastronomic way of life, which is admired and emulated all over the world.
It is not the first time that UNESCO has considered emphasizing Italian cuisine. The skill of making pizza in the traditional Neapolitan manner was recognized as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list that was established by UNESCO in the year 2017. According to the UNESCO website, the list consists of "cultural practices and expressions of intangible heritage." It is compiled every year and is mandatory.
Expect to see a lot of pizza, pasta, and other Italian delicacies in your future because a decision won't be made until December 2025. However, more information regarding plans to guarantee that Italy and its food are consistently discussed will be arriving shortly.
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