The entry of Italian cuisine into the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity marks a historical moment of profound renewal and a cultural imprint destined to mark our future. Gusto – December 2025 recounts this milestone with the authoritative and concrete gaze that has always distinguished this historic newspaper
The recognition obtained does not just celebrate an excellence, but tells the story of an entire civilization: it is not a reward for individual recipes, but the recognition of a unique cultural model, made up of daily practices, agricultural knowledge, biodiversity, sustainability and intergenerational transmission. An Italy that has been built over time, around the land and the table, transforming cuisine into an identity language capable of uniting territories, communities and generations. Gusto enters the heart of this story through the voice and analysis of Gioacchino Bonsignore, who retraces the long journey of Italian cuisine: from its regional and family roots to the unifying value that it represents in the world today. A cuisine different from any other because it was not codified in a court, but grew in the fields, in homes, in the villages, becoming over time a global synonym of quality of life. The UNESCO recognition thus also becomes a key to understanding the present and future of the country. Tourism, production chains, protection of Made in Italy, fight against counterfeiting, training of new generations and quality of raw materials emerge as central themes of a reflection that looks forward without denying its roots. Growing up, yes, but without losing identity. Multiply value, do not standardize excellence. Alongside this celebration of Italian cuisine as a world cultural heritage, Gusto broadens its gaze on the changes taking place in the world of agri-food, distribution and business, recounting the innovation that arises from tradition and new models of conscious consumption. An Italy that continues to be a laboratory of ideas, products and visions, capable of speaking to the world while remaining true to itself. Questa edizione è un invito a fermarsi, leggere, riconoscersi. To understand why Italian cuisine is not just what we eat, but what we are. A living, shared heritage, which today UNESCO entrusts to everyone’s responsibility.
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