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Inside Europe: Protecting Genoa's 'green gold'

Dany Mitzman, Genoa, ItalyApril 7, 2016

Pesto is arguably Genoa's most famous export. It's the second most popular pasta sauce in the world and the third most manufactured. But now a cultural association is trying to get the sauce onto a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list in order to protect it. Dany Mitzman went to meet Palatifini's co-founder and resident pesto king, Roberto Panizza to find out more.

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