Today, of course, there are all kinds of pizza shapes, sizes and flavors around the world, but the original Neapolitan pizza is round, with a soft, thin center and thick, friable(脆的) sides. You should be able to fold it in four and eat it like a cake. And that’s the delicious treat that’s now up for protection as an irreplaceable piece of global human heritage(遗产): This year, Italy is putting “the art of the Neopolitan pizza maker” on the list of candidates to become treasures of world heritage recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

　　Universally recognizable, “pizza” happens to be the Italian language’s best-known word, and worldwide, but that doesn’t mean it’s a certain winner. “UNESCO has never listed a cultural tradition linked to food production,” Pierluigi Petrillo, who offered the material to be discussed at UNESCO, told The Local, an English-language digital news publisher.

　　The European Union included pizza in its official list of “guaranteed traditional specialities” in 2016. The list specifies that any pizza called “Neapolitan” must be no more than 35 cm wide, with crust(面包皮) of up to 2 cm high, topped with canned tomatoes, cheese from Naples’ Campania region, oil and basil. The pizza must be cooked in a wooden oven, and be elastic(有弹性的) and soft.

　　Italy also says that it has more UNESCO-recognized cultural treasures than any other country. The final decision on whether pizza-making makes one more will be announced in 2017, after discussion with all 193 UN member-states.

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