Countries had until March 31, 2021 to submit one and only one application to Unesco.
Without waiting for this deadline, France announced that it was presenting the baguette de pain for inscription in the intangible cultural heritage, for the 2022 session.
It is a noble and deceptively simple product, it takes years, from a few ingredients, to find its signature, its touch!
This product brings us together and it is for this reason that I chose it
Roselyne Bachelot, Minister of Culture
A vital product for the French, embodying France in the films - at least as much as the Eiffel Tower - the baguette de pain was in competition with the zinc roofs of Paris, or a wine festival in Arbois, in the Jura.
“It is a noble and deceptively simple product, it takes years, from a few ingredients, to find its signature, its touch!
This product brings us together and it is for this reason that I chose it ”
, explained the Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot to the
Parisian
, just before her hospitalization due to Covid-19.
A baguette is made from four ingredients (flour, water, salt, yeast or sourdough), and must offer a crispy crust and a dimpled crumb, when made
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