22.- BEST COOKBOOK DESIGN

Cookbook design is now a special discipline, with talented professionals. The Austrian design magazine Novum dedicated an in-depth study to cookbook design in December 2005, in English and German. There is even a book titled “The Art of Cookbook Design” that will be published next year, with contributions by some winners of our design awards.

1996 France – Emile Herscher (Albin Michel)

1997 Switzerland – Bruno Hausch (OPT Art)

1998 Australia – Donna Hay (Murdoch Books)

1999 Australia – Visnja Brdar (New Holland)

2000 US – Weldon Owen (Scribner)

2001 France – Alberto Bali (Staub-Nomar)

2002 Australia – Donna Hay (Harper Collins)

2003 Sweden – Patric Leo (TV4)

2004 Sweden – Pontus Frithiof (Atlantis)

2005 China – CHLIP

BEST IN THE WORLD

 April 7, 2007

FINALISTS

1.-AUSTRALIA

Secret Destinations: Asian SPA Cuisine

 Susie Donald

 Photos: Edmond Ho

 (Foodstyle Editions – Australia)

Food is now fashionable and stylish, so it is a good name for a publisher to choose “Food Style Editions”. The Australians already won the award for best design in the world three times, with Donna Hay twice winner in 1998 and 2002, and Visnja Brdar in 1999, in Versailles

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.-DENMARK

Tre Stjerner

 Bent Christensen, Thomas Rode Andersen

 Tom Uldall

 Photos: Claes Bech-Poulsen

 Editor: Henrik Kerrn – Jespersen

 Grafic Design: Soren Damstedt

 (Aschehoug)

 In all of northern Europe, there is much respect for the Michelin Stars rating, which is seen as the only real independent and objective system. This book is superb, and a tribute to excellence in cooking and publishing, in photography and design. The Danish quartet has with personality created a great book on the art of transforming selected products into ultimate experiences of gastronomy at the best of restaurants, the Three Stars

4.- FRANCE

Escales d'exception avec Flexipan

Carte Blanche à 90 Chefs du Monde entier

76 recettes sucrées et salées par les plus grands Chefs du Monde

Photos Frederic Bain

(Demarle)

This book is one of the best in France this year, due to its outstanding design and photography. The respect for the photographers has conducted even to a separate printing of the best photos. The book is available in English, and must be seen by all serious publishers, chefs, and cookbook lovers.

5.- INDIA

Cooking at Home with Pedatha

 By Mrs. Jigyasa Giri and Dr.Pratibhajain

 Photos by Srivatsa Shandilya

 Cover and Design : En Vission

 Recipes of the State of Andhra Pradesh

 Legacy of Subhadra Krishna Rau Parigi,

 Daughter of Former President of India Dr.V.V.Giri

 (Pritya Partners)

 The culinary treasures of India are all regional.

Here it is the vegetarian cuisine of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh which is brought to international attention and interest. This vegetarian cuisine and the masterpiece book deserve to be widely distributed worldwide.

6.- ITALY

Haute Couture en Cuisine

 Volupté et Transgression

 Paola Buratto Caovilla

 Assistante d’Edition: Valentina Balzani

 Mise en Page: Sabina Brucoli

 Text in French, Italian, English

 Title in French

 (Skira – Italy)

 One of the four books this year among our country winners which are influenced by fashion. Skira venture in cookbook publishing is a masterpiece

7.- JAPAN

Meshi

 Hiroshi Fukuda, Owner Chef of Traditional Restaurant Nabe Ya in Tokyo

 Photographer: Takayoshi Nakanishi

 Art Director: Kazuhiko Tajima

 (Pie Books)

101 Rice recipes of EDO period (1600-1868) – Each rice menu is simple in ingredients and direction but deep in taste, aroma and culture of Japan

8.- MALAYSIA

Fruitastic!

 Mohana Gill

(MPH)

This is a most innovative book about fruits. It is logical it comes from Malaysia which offers so many different fruits. As many of them are not well known outside Asia, this book helps in understanding them.

9.- THE NETHERLANDS

Soep Om Te Delen – Soup to Share

The book supports charity serving The Homeless Soup.

50 Soup recipes by les Patrons Cuisiniers.

(Kosmos)

“Soup to share” is a very special project because of many reasons. The book supports a Dutch charity that takes care of homeless people. One of the charity’s activities is serving the homeless soup. For this book the 10 chefs of Les Patrons Cuisiniers from the Netherlands were inspired by soup, and gathered 50 very special soup recipes. The books have very interesting design, wrapped in a unique case, made of old blankets

10.- NORWAY

Fast Food

Jorgen O. Grann

 Photos: Tommy Naess

 (Schibsted)

Fast food is the most popular food in the world, here you could learn about the best secrets of the good thing you can get at Norway’s fast food places.

11.- PERU

Perú, Mucho Gusto

 Desarrollado por encargo de la comisión de promoción del Peru.

 Promperu

 In English and Spanish

 Dirección: Bernardo Roca Rey Miró Quesada

 Edición: Hirka Roca Rey Dietschi, Raul Castro Pérez

 Asesoría Gastronómica: Luis La Rosa Cabizza

 Edición de Diseño: Claudia Burga-Cisneros Pizarro

 Diseño: José Antonio Mesones del Rio

 Edición de Fotografía: Cecilia Durand Torres

 Edición Adjunta de Fotografía: Sergio Urday Larrea

 Subedición de Fotografía: Paola Nalvarte Abad

 Coordinación de Fotografía: Silvana Velarde del Castillo

 Investigación de Fotografía: Cynthia Baquero Sotil

 Fotografía de Retratos: Sergio Urday Larrea

 Fotografía de Recetas: José Caceres Benavides

 (Editora El Comercio – PROMPERU-Peru)

The design for this book deserves special praise. The professionals responsible for it are world class. The book is a tribute to Peruvian cuisine, one of the three great cuisines in the world for French poet and artist Blaise Cendrars, with the French and the Chinese.

12.- SPAIN

Cocinar para Seducir

 Niklas Gustafson

 Photos: Oscar Mattson

 Text: Manuel Francisco Reina

 Design: José Olea

 (Tercer Nombre)

 This book seduces you with its refined and subtle design.

13.- SWEDEN

Monikas Bästa Menyer

Monika Ahlberg

Photo: Ann Lindberg

Layout: Pontus Frankenstein

(Prisma)

Monika was one of the best that started the Swedish Cookbook boom, strong on her own ideas, now she meets design artist Pontus Frankenstein.

14.- SWITZERLAND

Kulinarische Reise an wunderschön gedeckten Tischen

 Marion Michels and Dave Brüllmann

 (La Tavola-Switzerland)

La Tavola is responsible for one of the five best food magazines in the world. It publishes every year one to three cookbooks which are all masterpieces and collectible for their photography and design.

15.- TURKEY

Sevgilim Aksama Ne Pisirdin?

 The Changing Tastes of Turkish Cuisine

 Sahrap Soysal

 Photos: Koray Pekozkay

 (Dogan Egmont)

This book shows the changes in taste, photography and design in the Turkish cuisine cookbooks. Turkey is quickly becoming one of the most interesting food countries around the Mediterranean.

16.- UK

Breakfast, Lunch, Tea

 Rose Bakery – Paris

 By Rose Carrarini

 Photographs by Toby Glanville,

 Designed by Kerr/Noble

 (Phaidon)

As one of the best two or three publishers in the world for design and architecture, Phaidon gives its impressive touch to this innovative cookbook. It is worth analyzing and understanding, for Phaidon could become a significant player in the cookbook sector, after its resounding success with “The Silver Spoon”.

17.- USA

Creative Cooking, The Costco Way

 Favourite Recipes using Costco Products

 Editorial Director: Tim Talevich

 With a foreword by Lauren Purcell and Anne Purcell Grissinger

 Publisher: David W. Fuller

 Art Director: Doris Winters

 (Costco)

The Costco way is to be creative in every way, with the concept of the book, its recipes, the art direction and design. After its two creative cookbooks, and the wine market efforts by Costco, we now hope for a Costco wine book!