Pizza and pasta celebrated as Italian cooking makes UN cultural heritage list

Customers enjoy their pasta at a restaurant in Rome (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

Foodies have been given another reason to celebrate their pizza, pasta and tiramisu as a UN agency listed Italian cooking as part of the world’s “intangible” cultural heritage.

UN cultural agency Unesco added the rituals surrounding Italian food preparation and consumption to its list of the world’s traditional practices and expressions.