UNESCO declares Mexican cuisine - Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

AOK - The first? Before France? Nobody likes a Romany-expelling bigot ('coz they're dark & mysterious & proud and tell fortunes and all that. The Romany, not the bigot, although thinking about it some more ...)  and you end up getting it jammed back in all kinds of ways, like having jalapenos beat foie gras to the "heritage" cup ...
Tim Johnson, the Mexico bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers, wrote on his blog Mexico Unmasked:

A little over a month ago, a Mexican official announced that the nation’s cuisine has finally attained status by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The official announcement comes in early November in Nairobi, Kenya. But in short, the incredible variety of Mexican food is finally receiving its due. No other nation’s food has been given this honor.
Now, get this: France has been rejected twice! The last time France applied, in 2008, President Nicolas Sarkozy declared that, said, “We have the best gastronomy in the world — at least from our point of view. We want it to be recognized among world heritage.”
Well, France must now play catch-up with Mexico, amigos.