French Dishes

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List was created in 1972. The organization’s website says:

“UNESCO has identified and declared as the inalienable heritage of humanity some six hundred places, ranging from natural sanctuaries and manmade landscapes to whole urban centres, archaeological areas, and individual monuments.
The World Heritage List [1] includes 851 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value.
These include 660 cultural, 166 natural and 25 mixed properties in 141 States Parties. As of October 2006, 184 States Parties have ratified the World Heritage Convention.”

It is not a list one would ordinarily think of listing French dishes on. However, that is exactly what the French President has applied to have done. [2]

Links:
[1] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list
[2] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/25/wfrafood125.xml