PARIS – Imposters beware! After Belgium’s beers and Naples’ pizzas, the oh-so-French baguette may soon join the UNESCO world listing of cultural wonders.
France’s baguette bakers, backed by President Emmanuel Macron, have put in a bid to get their traditions and techniques – as Gallic as Gauloises cigarettes and the Eiffel Tower – added to the U.N. rankings of intangible treasures.
Supporters led by La Confédération Nationale de la Boulangerie-Pâtisserie Française (CNBPF) say the craft loaf is already being pushed off shop shelves, even in France, by frozen bread sticks made on giant assembly lines.
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