15.-BEST ITALIAN CUISINE BOOK

Italian cookbooks continue to be published in an important number all around the world. But there is no increase comparable to the French cookbooks. Both great chefs and regional cuisines are in demand for Italian cookery, from Finland to India.

1999 US – (MacMillan)

2000 Germany – Manuela Zardo, Helmut Zwecker (Hugendubel)

2001 Switzerland-Armin Röttele (At Verlag)

2002 US – Mario Batali (Clarkson Potter)

2003 UK – Gennaro Contaldo (Headline)

2004 Austria – Emanuela Stramana (Seehamer)

2005 Argentina – Donato de Santis (Bonum)

BEST IN THE WORLD

 April 7, 2007

FINALISTS

1.- BELGIUM

Food Agenda

 Tilly Gatto

 Kristin Berckmans

 Photos: Marc Wauters

 (Mateos)

A food agenda is always popular: food is the daily single subject for many; even if one should eat to live and not live to eat, as Molière said. This food agenda could be on everyones table after being translated.

2.- CANADA – ENGLISH

Piano, Piano, Pieno

 Authentic Food from a Tuscan farm

 Susan McKenna Grant

 Photos by Michael Grant

 Project Benefactor – Slow Food Foundation

 For Bio Diversity

 (Harpercollins – Canada)

Susan McKenna Grant and her husband Michael run La Petraia, an estate of 165 acres in Tuscany. They have turned it into a working organic farm, with winery, and offer rooms and meals cooking classes to visitors. The title corresponds to the way of life which is their philosophy.

3.- CANADA – FRENCH

Parmigiano Reggiano

 Igor Brotto, Elvio Galasso, Pasquale Vari

 (Editions de lHomme-Quebec)

Parmigiano Reggiano is the best known Italian cheese worldwide. This book from French Québec is a little gem.

4.- FINLAND

Allitaliana

 Ruokia Italiasta

 Marja Lindfors

 (Otava)

Finland is opened to all cuisines, with Italian being one of the favourites. The ingredients are now available in Finland, so these appetizing recipes can all be made.

5.- INDIA

Food is Home: The little book of Italian cooking

 Carlo Silvestro

 (Penguin Books)

Little books can be great by their content, with expert editing by a great publisher such as Penguin-India. Congratulations!

6.- SWITZERLAND

La Cucina di Bernardo

 Eine Kulinarische Reise Durch Sizilien

 Giovani di Bernardo, Matthias Mattenberger

 (Werd)

Giovanni di Bernardo is a great chef, highly respected by his many friends. The book reflects this quality and excellence in the cuisine.

7.- UK

Made in Italy – Food and Stories

 Giorgio Locatelli, with Sheila Keating

 Photographs by Dan Lepard

 (Fourth Estate – Harper Collins)

This is one of the best and most beautiful cookbooks of the year in Great Britain. It comes in a box, at a reasonable price for the quality of the book and the content. It is the result of ten years of working by the authors team on the book.

8.- USA

Cristinas of Sun Valley

 Cristina Ceccatelli Cook

 Foreword by Renee Behnke – Sur La Table

 Photos: Kirsten Shultz

 (Gibbs Smith)

There are many Italian restaurants in the US, but very few like Cristinas, which has become an institution. The cookbook shows how and why success came to Cristina Ceccatelli.