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The French baguette has been given UN world heritage status
Headline from La Crosse Tribune
The humble baguette — the crunchy ambassador for French baking around the world — is being added to the U.N.'s list of intangible cultural heritage as a cherished tradition to be preserved by humanity.
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization announced Wednesday that the French baguette has been added to its list of intangible cultural heritage.
The United Nations decided to recognize the baguette as a prized tradition that should be protected. The status came after France warned that traditional bakeries were declining.
The humble but versatile French loaf is recognized by UNESCO as a tradition worthy of preservation by humanity. French officials have warned that closure of traditional bakeries put the bread at risk.
Joseph Ataman, Marguerite Lacroix and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Freshly baked news: the baguette, the long, crusty loaf bread that is a delicious staple of French life, has been awarded special protected status, placing it in a culinary pantheon alongside other regional food delicacies from around the w…
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The humble French baguette is being inscribed on the U.N.’s list of intangible heritage as a prized tradition and savoir-faire that should be protected by humanity. UNESCO experts gathering in
We've talked about the baguette multiple times on French Connections, but there's some exciting news for this quintessential symbol of France! The government has nominated the staple bread stick for…
The humble baguette — the crunchy ambassador for French baking around the world — is being added to the U.N.'s list of intangible cultural heritage as a cherished tradition to be preserved by humanity.
When people see a baguette, they immediately think France, and now the UN's cultural body has granted it special cultural protection—just like Neapolitan pizza, Belgian beer culture and Arabic coffee.
