Italian cuisine added to UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage

UNESCO recognised Wednesday that Italian food is more than pizza, pasta and gelato, adding the range and ritual of the famed cuisine to its list of intangible cultural heritage.

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Pizza-making in Naples already features on the UN cultural agency's list of intangible heritage, as does espresso coffee. But, it was the first time the entire scope of a nation's cuisine has made the cut.

Culinary rival France in 2010 won UNESCO recognition for "the gastronomic meal of the French". That more celebratory affair, which begins with an aperitif and ends with liqueurs, includes four courses.