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Unless copious usage of butter can be considered a human rights violation, French cuisine fits each of these categories perfectly. On what grounds, then, could UNESCO shoot down the French proposal? Khaznadar??€™s dismissal seems trivial; given this definition of the ICH, gastronomy should, by all means, be eligible for consideration. Is the committee simply unwilling to accept the consequences of their definition of the ICH? Or is there a problem with the definition itself, if it allows gastronomy to slip into...

Author: By Rebecca A. Cooper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Is Justice Blind and an Aguesiac? | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

Regardless of the wording of the proposal, though, it seems very unlikely that UNESCO will name French cuisine the first world gastronomic treasure. Given its history of turning down culinary proposals (Mexico’s similar request three years ago was shot down before it even reached committee) and Khaznadar??€™s reluctance, UNESCO is unlikely to reverse course...

Author: By Rebecca A. Cooper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Is Justice Blind and an Aguesiac? | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

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