AFP
11/16/2010 2:11 p.m. French gourmet dinner was inscribed today on Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee meeting in Nairobi, according to an AFP journalist.
is the first time that a practice revolving around food and cooking is established by Unesco.
The French bid for the catering trade was announced in 2008 by Nicolas Sarkozy and formalized in January.
The government denies wanting to flatter corporate and argues that seeks classification and protection not a kitchen or special techniques, but a social habit.
"The meal of French cuisine is a social practice customary to celebrate the most important moments of life of individuals and groups (births, weddings, anniversaries, successes, reunion)," we read in the French case filed Unesco.
"It's a social practice that focuses on a common representation of good food rather than specialty items," he adds.
France stresses that this practice is meaningful and specific rituals, the search for good products to the aesthetics of the table and conversation. Paris
even see this habit as an opening "Known to the other, intercultural dialogue, friendship among peoples".
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