NEW DELHI, Dec 10 (Reuters) - U.N. cultural agency UNESCO recognised Italy's national cuisine on Wednesday as an "intangible cultural heritage", a formal accolade for a cookery tradition passed down ...

Dec. 10 (UPI) --The United Nations' cultural heritage organization on Wednesday recognized Italian food as an intangible aspect of Italy's heritage, the first national cuisine to be formally protected ...

If a country wants one of its cultural practices to be added to the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, it has to show that the element meets five specific criteria ...

This is the first time a country's entire cuisine has earned the designation. Italy is raising a glass and saying "salute" after becoming the first country in history to have an entire cuisine added ...

Does Italian cuisine exist? Not according to Alberto Grandi, daring food historian and professor of economic history at the University of Parma. With much dedication, he has focused on myth demolition ...

If you've only ever wanted to eat at Italian restaurants, make pasta almost every day for dinner, and entertain Italian vacations regardless of season, much to the chagrin of your over-saturated ...