19.-BEST ENTERTAINING BOOK

The sadness of the 9-11 disaster and the Irak war seems over worldwide,and entertaining cookbooks are back in demand in all markets.

1998 Canada – Margaret Dickenson (Random House)

1999 –

2000 Japan – LCM (NHK Publishing)

2001 The Netherlands – Amy Weldon (Het Spectrum)

2002 France – C.Gouvion, A.Sirot (Le Rouergue)

2003 New Zealand – Annabel Langbein (Intl.Culinary Inst.)

2004 Denmark – Arld Sandgren (Ashehoug)

2005 UK – Peggy Porschen (Quadrille)

BEST IN THE WORLD

April 7, 2007

FINALISTS

1.- BELGIUM

Feesten is Gezond

 Frank Fol

 Photos: Kris Vlegels

 (Lannoo-Belgium)

Lannoo publishes world class books for the Belgium and Netherlands markets. It has some of the best authors and photographers in the world, with experience and knowledge, such as Frank Fol and Kris Vlegels.

2.-BRAZIL

Receber Sem Stress

 Monica Varella

 (Mille Foglie)

Mille Foglie was one of the hits of the past Frankfurt Book Fair. This Brazilian publisher has a great international future, which may come quicker than expected thanks to excellent books such as this receiving without stress

3.- CANADA

 Margarets Table

 Easy Cooking and Inspiring Entertaining

 Margaret Dickenson

 Photos: Karry Dickenson

 Design: Favorite Recipes Press

 (Margarets Sense of Occasion – Canada)

Since Margaret won Best in the World for her first cookbook in 1998, she has become a star, with her own television shows. Her Ambassador husband Larry has retired, and he now is dedicated to helping her, doing all the photography in this great cookbook. Margaret is also a publisher now, after learning and publishing with the best in Singapore and Canada. Like Alain Ducasse, she has decided to publish her own books. It is a significant trend in cookbook publishing today.

4.- FINLAND

Kodin Neljä Vuodenaikaa

The Four Seasons in the Home

 Ilkka Falck

 Co-author: Inga Aaltonen

 Illustrations: Anne Saarenoja

 (Otava)

Cooking with the seasons is important in Finland, with an emphasis on the long winter. Fresh products are now available all year, and the recipes are very useful in this good book.

5.- FRANCE

Mémoires du Restaurant

 François Régis Gaudry

 (Aubanel)

This is one of the most beautiful and entertaining books of the year in France, showing how feasts are the souvenirs of the restaurant.

6.- GERMANY

Die Leichtigkeit des Kochen – Das Gastgeberkochbuch

 Anne-Karin Surra

 Photos: Chris Meier

 (Hädecke Verlag)

This cookbook aims at entertaining while cooking, so the cooking has to be easy and you find a nicely balanced choice of recipes : fast food, slow food, for traditionalists and for exotic fans, for grownups and for kids……a good entertaining cookbook

7.-GREECE

Magic Christmas

 Alexia Alexiadou

 Photos: Vanessa Athnassopoulos

 (Alba Editions)

Alexia Alexiadou really knows how to entertain, with a clear focus on style and details, with innovative as well as traditional ideas for everyone.

8.- JAPAN

Osusowake, Ofukuwake

 Sharing Food, Sharing Fortune

 Fujiko Ono

 Cover: Woodblock Printed by Hiroshige Ando in 18^{th Century}

 (Bunka Publishing)

In Japan, and elsewhere, entertaining is about sharing food and fortune. This book is excellent.

9.- THE NETHERLANDS

A Taste of Friendship

 Koken Met Amy Weldon

 Matti Baars, Janine Smits

 (Kosmos)

Amy Weldon won a Best in the World Award for her first entertaining book in 2001, in Sorges, Capital of the Truffles of Perigord. She brings friendship to the table.

10.- SPAIN-CASTELLANO

El Arte de la Buena Mesa

 Protocolo y Sugerencias Decorativas

 Isabel Mestre

 Prólogo de Rafael Anson

 Photos: José Luis Herrero, Nano Cañas

 (Everest)

Everest is the leading publisher of cookbooks in Spain. This Art of the Good Table has a foreword by the highly respected President of the Spanish Academy of Gastronomy, Rafael Anson.

The author and photographers are among the very best in Spain = this is an excellent book.

11.- SPAIN-CATALAN

Cuina per a molts – 10 persones o més

 David Lienas

 (Mina)

The author studied tourism, and cooking at the Hoofman Cooking School. He now teaches at the Beallart Cooking School, after working in various restaurants in Catalunya. In this second book, he shows how to cook for ten or more guests.

12.- SPAIN-GALLEGO

A Cocina do Entroido e San Xoán

 Miguel Vila Pernas

 (Gastronomia Xerais)

This is a book on the traditional cooking that takes place on the most special night of the year, on June 23. This is shared by many countries, from Sweden in the north, to Galicia in northwest Spain.

13.- SWEDEN

Vardagslyx
Karina Ericsson Wärn

Layout: Lotta Kühlhorn

Photo: Pelle Bergström

(Albert Bonniers Förlag)

A small book loaded with creative ideas how to get some more luxury into your daily life.

14.- TURKEY

Keyifli Sofralar Icin

 50 Pratik Mönü

 Jale Balci

 Photo: Nejpet Kaygin

 (Remzi Kitabevi)

Fifty practical menus to entertain with success.

15.- UK

Feasts Food for Sharing from Central and Eastern Europe

 Silvena Rowe

 Photographs by Jonathan Lovekin

 (Mitchell Beazley)

The author is a Bulgarian cook and food writer. The book takes you from Georgia to Hungary to Poland, opening a new world of food to western readers.

16.- USA

Paula Deen Celebrates

Author: Paula Deen , Martha Nesbit

 TV Food Network

 (Simon and Schuster)

Paula Deen is one of the stars of the US TV Food Network, the leading food shows television in the world. It has a major impact on food culture in the US, and this is the best entertaining cookbook this year in the US.