What About Food Heritage?
Last week I attended a conference entitled Food: Heritage, Hybridity and Locality hosted by the American Studies Department at Brown University. It was a small conference, always the best, with…
Read moreCulinary Heritage: UNESCO and the Mediterranean Diet
Here’s a must read article on the UNESCO designation of the Mediterranean Diet as intangible patrimony of humanity from the excellent Food in Italy blog run by Zachary Nowak with…
Read moreWhy No UNESCO Intangible Heritage Sites in the US?
The US has only about 20 UNESCO World Heritage sites and none whatever on the Intangible list. Why is this? To begin with, it’s important to realize that these recognitions…
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