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Italian cuisine makes UNESCO history with newly minted Intangible Cultural Heritage status


Italy is raising a glass and saying “salute” after becoming the first country in history to have an entire cuisine added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list.

Rather than a single recipe or tradition, the United Nations body voted to add Italian cuisine as a whole to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage on Wednesday.

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