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32.- BEST GUIDES Guides are an excellent complement to cookbooks for a publisher. They are repetitive, reach new readers, have higher printing runs, and lower printing costs. But their research cost may be high. There is a direct link between the investment in research, the quality of the guide, and the long term life of the effort. 2003 Sweden – Sweden Gourmet Guide (Millhouse) 2004 Austria – A La Carte 2005 (D+R Verlag) 2005 US – New York (Michelin) BEST IN THE WORLD April 7, 2007 FINALISTS 1.- AUSTRALIA The Age Good Food Guide 2007 Edited by John Lethlean and Necia Wilden (Penguin-Australia) The Age is the leading serious newspaper of Melbourne, which many see as the leading city in Australia for food. The authors are experienced food journalists. This is the guide that underlines the rise of French food in Melbourne, in its introduction. 2.- CANADA Quartiers Gourmands 2006 Le Guide Complet des Commerces Alimentaires de Specialité Montreal, Rive-Sud, Laval (René Soudre, Editeur) Montreal food retail stores are the subject of the guide. The writing is clear and elegant. The book is really useful, and shows the vast diversity and quality of foods in Montreal. 3.- CHINA Beijing Restaurants and Food Guide Beijing Evening News Nathaniel A.Proctor – In English and Chinese (China Travel and Tourism Press) The guide covers all aspects of Beijing restaurants, including lists of the best restaurants by categories: Peking Roasted Duck, Imperial Cuisine, Traditional, Regional, Snacks, etc. It also has a list of the 82 best Beijing recipes, one per page, with photo and recommended restaurant. 4.- FRANCE Bistrots de Chefs à Paris Les Jeunes Chefs Creatifs et Leurs Récettes Préférées Gerard Cambon et Perrine Dubois (Declics) There is now a most creative and interesting movement of young chefs who believe in quality French food at low cost in Bistros. This is their guide. 5.- PERU Guía Gastronómica del Perú El Manual del Buen Gourmet – 2006 In English and Spanish (Comunica 2 – Peru) This country is rapidly establishing all the structures to be the culinary center of Latin América. It is in English and most useful. 6.- SLOVENIA 24 Finest Flavours of Slovenia Selected Restaurants and Inns Heart Edition Prof.Dr. Janez Bogataj Photography: Janez Puksic (Rokus) The food tourists have to go to Slovenia, which now has good guides in English. 7.- SPAIN-CASTELLANO La Guia del Buen Jamón Cinco Jotas – Sánchez Romero Carvajal Contiene curso de corte en DVD (Osborne) Spanish Jabugo ham ranks now with truffles, caviar, abalone and shark fins among culinary delicacies and treasures. This guide explains its routes and techniques for tourists and serious amateurs. 8.- SPAIN-CATALAN La Bona Cuina Catalana Receptes i Restaurants Ada Parellada (Ara Llibres) Given its innovative leadership, there is much interest in Catalan cuisine, and good guides. 9.- SWEDEN Badhotell i Norden Klassiska hotell och äkta pensionat Photo: Åke E:son Lindman in Klassiska hotell och äkta pensiona Grafic art: Patric Leo Original and Layout: Jesper Årfors (Arena) Generations have been going to those classic hotels, for recreation and joy.
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