7.-BEST INNOVATIVE FOOD BOOK

There are innovative cookbooks from a publisher or a cooking point of view. The best combine both to give interesting new designs appropriate for new content.

1996 Australia – Jean Paul Bruneteau (Harper Collins)

1997 Hong Kong – Winni Brugger (John Wiley)

1998 The Netherlands – Anneke Ammerlaan (Albert Heijn)

1999 France – Harold Izrael, Le Cordon Bleu® (Valentin Haüy)

2000 France – Alain Bernard (PLB)

2001 Spain – Dr.Miguel Sanchez Romera (Planeta)

 US – Peter Kaminsky, Gray Kunz (Little Brown)

2002 Spain – Lourdes Soriano (C.C. P. Canario)

 The Netherlands – Angelique Schmeinck (Kosmos)

2003 The Netherlands – Hanbuckers (Lannoo)

 Sweden – Mathias Dahlgren (Prisma)

2004 Brazil – J.I.Moraes, Wellington Reis (Wellington Reis)

2005 Brazil – Morena Leite (Boccato)

BEST IN THE WORLD

April 7, 2007

FINALISTS

1.-ARGENTINA

Ollas de Hierro y de Barro

 Alvaro López Osorio

 (Imaginador – Argentina)

The slow cookers in iron or earth are now back in favour, from Argentina to North America.This book focuses on recipes appropriate for these utensils, with tips on how to clean and better use them.

2.-AUSTRALIA

Lotus Asian Flavours

 Teage Ezard

 (Hardie Grant – Australia)

Teage Ezard is one of the very best Australian chefs with new ideas. He is experienced in Asian cuisine and knows how to play the full range of Asian flavours. Hardie Grant is one of the worlds best cookbook publishers. This book is superb.

3.-BELGIUM

Cuisinez Facile!

 Saveurs, Equilibre

 Marie-Claire Quittelier

 Photos: Tom Swalens

 Vente au profit de La Ligue Cardiologique Belge

 (Food Bai Food-Belgium)

The concept of the book is clear: the recipes have to be delicious. Nutritionist Nicolas Guggenbühl helped in making them very healthy. The recipes are also quick and easy.

4.-CHINA

New Recipes

 Chuangxin Caiyao Xinbian

 By Zhu Wan Cheng

 (Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House)

Innovative new recipes are often also called special recipes in China. They are special to a chef and restaurant, rather than recognized and known as part of the immense Chinese traditional culinary culture. Sichuan is at the best in traditional and innovative Chinese cuisine.

5.-DENMARK

Billedkogebog

John S. Pedersen

 Photos: Andreas Schnalke

 (Ehrvervskolernes Forlag)

 This cookbook is produced with many pictures. To help with cooking you put a plastic cover over the recipes and mark with a pen what you have done and afterwards use it again.

6.-FRANCE

Epluchures, Bavardages et Recettes

 Andree Maureau – Illustrations de Cecile Colombo

 (Equinoxe)

Equinoxe is a small publisher with beautiful books which all have a singular look and feel, as well as strong content. It is among the best cookbook publishers in France.

7.-GERMANY

Ivo Adam – Kochen – Kombinieren

 Komponieren

 Roman Tschäppler and Guy Perrenoud

 (Werd-Switzerland)

Combination is the main stream in this cookbook. Combination of different recipes, of opposite tastes, of cold and warm: an innovative cookbook. Ivo Adams proves that he can combine with creativity and offer recipes within reach of the reader. A CD comes with the book for the demonstration of the techniques. The layout of the book is innovative.

8.-GREECE

Spices and Herbs in the Kitchen

 Alexros Yotis

 (Les Livres du Tourisme)

The book includes description, characteristics, mixtures and recipes of herbs of spices, also historical references.

9.-ITALY

Haute Couture en Cuisine

 Volupté et Transgression

 Paola Buratto Caovilla

 Assistante dEdition: Valentina Balzani

 Mise en Page: Sabina Brucoli

 Text in French, Italian, English

 Title in French

 (Skira – Italy)

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

10.-JAPAN

Recettes de Cuisine Familiale Française en 15 minutes

 French Easy Recipes in 15 minutes

 By Koti Morita, Le Chapon Fin

 (Seichiun Cutupan)

French family recipes can be made in 15 minutes. The chef of Le Chapon Fin in Japan shows how.

11.-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.

12.-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 charitys activities is serving the homeless soup. For this book the 10 chefs of Les Patrons Cuisiniers from the Netherlands were inspired by the soup, and gathered 50 very special soup recipes. All were photographed by various photographers. That makes the design of this book very interesting as well. To top this of, the books are wrapped in a unique case, made of old blankets.

13.-NORWAY

 Kjokkentips

 Ingrid Espelid Hovig, Scott Givot

 Photos: Studio Dreyer Hensley

 (Gyldendal)

 Ingrid, the grand old lady of the Norwegian kitchen gives tips from her bubbling knowledge, along with Scott, the warm hearted elegant kitchen expert from Chicago. 

14.-SPAIN

Arzak Bocados

 Juan Mari Arzak

 Fotos: Mikel Alonso

 (Bainet)

Juan Mari Arzak is one of the most loved Three Michelin Stars chefs in the world. These Mouthfulls (Bocados) are very appetizing thanks to the photography of Mikel Alonso, one of the leading photographers in Spain.

15.-SWEDEN

Smaklust – en upplevelsekartbok över Sveriges mathantverk

/ Tast Delights - A Tasteful Experience Atlas Introducing Sweden´s

Artisan Food)

Karin Johansson, Staffan Lagerström, Eva Lundqvist, Mats & Åsa Ottosson, Jan Pontho

Editor: Tobias Karlsson

Photo/Illustrations: Björn Fröberg, Christer Höglund, Staffan Lagerström, Eva Lundqvist, Bengt Nordborg, Jan Pontho and private

Translation: Mimmi Finnstedt (to English)

Layout: Laura Wandry Design, Syre Reklambyrå
(Eldrimner)

With an unparalleled regional drive, the Eldrimner group take a leading position in supporting and developing modern local food production.

16.-TURKEY

Cookbox – Pratik Yemekler

 Vildan Simsek

 (Simsek Yayinlari)

An innovative box of easy recipes, with a good design. It should be translated.

17.-UKRAINE

Merry Vegetables, Sandwiches

 Funny Hamburgers

 Iryna Stepanova, Sergiy Kabachenko

 (Kloboda)

These are unsophisticated cookbooks with a heavy use of photography to reach the general public.

18.-UK

Essence: Recipes from le Champignon Sauvage

 David Emeritt-Mathias

 (Absolute)

In this cookbook publisher Absolute combines innovative publishing and creative recipes with impressive success and skill.

19.-USA

Michael Mina: The Cookbook

 With Joann Cianciulli

 Foreword by André Agassi

 (Bulfinch)

Innovation is a very American quality. Michael Mina is one of the best innovative American chefs today.