8.-BEST EASY RECIPES BOOK

Easy and quick recipes by good authors is the key to success for many cookbooks. There is a return to the classics, as in high cuisine and chef books. The cookbooks give more tips and details, the readers really want the recipes to work: the classics are trusted.

1996 UK – Eric Treuille, Jeni Wright (Cassell)

1997 UK – Anne Willan (Quadrille)

1998 US – Rombauer-Becker, Weldon Owen (Scribner)

1999 France – Alain Ducasse, Françoise Bernard (Hachette)

2000 Japan – Keiko Hayashi (Shufunotomo)

2001 UK – John Campbell (Conran Octopus)

2002 US – Sandra Lee (Talk-Miramax)

2003 UK – Ference and V. Conran (Conran Octopus)

 US – Anne Roberts, Margit Biever (Ten Speed)

2004 Belgium – Filip Verheyden, Tony Le Duc (Homarus)

2005 New Zealand – Annabel Langbein (A.Langbein)

BEST IN THE WORLD

 April 7, 2007

FINALISTS

1.-AUSTRALIA

Cook – Recipes, Stories and Kitchen Wisdom

 Kate McGhie

 Photographer: John Hay

 (Hardie Grant – Australia)

Author Kate McGhie is among the best food journalists in the world. She understands the needs of the readers. Her first cookbook, and surely not the last, is a complete success which should find wide international distribution.

2.-BELGIUM

Food Agenda

 Tilly Gatto

 Kristin Berckmans

 Photos: Marc Wauters

 (Mateos)

You dont want to spend hours in the kitchen. The weekly shopping lists, which are also available in the pocket agenda, are helpful in the supermarket. One can tear the shopping list from the agenda. Handy and convenient!

3.-BRAZIL

Cozinhando para Amigos

 Heloisa Bacellar

 Atelier Gourmand

 Presentation: Leila Kuczynski

 Photos: Romulo Fialdini

 (DBA)

There are some 300 recipes, divided in day to day recipes such as last minute recipes, after a day of work.

4.-CANADA

Les Classiques

 Lyne Martineau

 (Minçavi-Québec-Canada)

These recipes are the basis of very efficient healthy diet. There are weeks of menus to help the home cook.

5.-CHILE

Secretos de la Cocina Chilena

 Roberto Marín

 In English or Spanish, 2 different books

 (Origo – Chile)

The secrets of Chilean cookery have been written so that everyone can do them, in Chile or other countries. Chilean Cuisine is rooted in the local Indian traditions, mixed with Spanish, French and Italian influences through the centuries.

6.-CHINA

1288 Well Chosen Recipes

 By Li Rui Fang

 (CHLIP)

The author has sold over 3 million cookbooks in this series of practical books written by the vice president of the China Association for Nutrition. She is retired from an Army Hospital where she was in charge of nutrition and diet. She has appeared in over 60 television shows, convincing the readers with her beauty and energy.

7.-DENMARK

 Kokkenfryd

 Kitchen Joy

 Christa Alstrup

 Fotos: Peter Kam

 (Aschehoug)

 This almanac is a celebration in colour that you can bring back home. Then close the book and give the cover a thankful glimpse.

8.-ESTONIA

Estonian National Cuisine

Edited by Signe Silm

Photography by Tiit and Mare Koha

In English or Estonian

(Estonian Greenfingers)

Estonia has really good cuisine, which is easy and healthy. Cooking is sometimes quick, and for other recipes take more time. An interesting view of a long tradition of good recipes.

9.-FINLAND

Sata Parasta

 The Hundred Best – These Meals you wont forget

 Eero Mäkelä

 Photos: Jorma Maratio

 (Otava)

You will not only not forget these meals, you will want to repeat them over and over again. With 100, you can diversify and really find your personal choice.

10.-FRANCE

Cantines, Recettes Cultes

 Corrigées par les chefs

 Sebastien Démorand et Emmanuel Rubin

 Photographies: Jerome Bryon

 Antistylisme: Sophie Brissaud

 Direction Artistique: Karel Balas

 (Agnes Vienot-Perrin)

The school meals have been revisited and improved by the chefs. This approach is quite inventive, with a careful examination of the traditional food served in French school kitchens. The design and antistyle of the book are worth studying. This book, which should be translated, is perfect for Jamie Olivers fans.

11.-GERMANY

Wie Koche ich…?

 Sebastian Dickhaut and Coco Lang

 (GU)

This step by step cookbook has a pleasant format and a reveal lot of tricks, with many good basic recipes for the ones who are…real beginners. This book can bring a lot of fun and satisfactions in a simple way.

12.-GREECE

New Seasonal Cuisine

 Vefa Alexiadou

 (Vefa Alexiadou)

Vefa Alexiadou is the Grande Dame of Greek cuisine. Her seasonal cuisine series is a bestseller thanks to her technique with easy recipes that work.

13.-ICELAND

Ostur – The Best Cheese and Butter Recipes

 Bjarni Gunnar Kristinsson

 Ragnar Ómarsson

Photographs : Gísli Egill Hrafnsson

 (Vaka Helgafell – Edda)

Cheese and butter has long traditions on Iceland and comes to use in this modern gastronomy from starters to desserts. 

14.-ITALY

Il Cucchiaio dOro

 Il Nuovo Grande Libro della Cucina italiana

 (Food Editore)

The book brings together many of the recipes that have made Italian cuisine one of the most loved in the world. It also includes the time for preparation and the wines to combine the recipes with.

15.-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.

16.-THE NETHERLANDS

Kook Kook Holland Voor 2, 2 Vol.

 (Inmerc bc)

The most famous and tasty Dutch recipes. Traditional and new dishes, easy to make and delicious to taste!

17.-NORWAY

Den Rutete Kokeboken

 Ingrid Espelid Hovig

 25^th Year Edition

 Norways National Cookbook

 (Gyldendal)

Ingrid Espelid Hovig is the Grande Dame of Norway cuisine. This is the 25^th Year Edition Norways National Cookbook under the editorial hand of the television cooking pioneer, covering tradition and modern needs.

18.-PORTUGAL

1000 Receitas de Cozinha Portugesa

 (Girassol)

Portuguese recipes are many and very diversified, thanks to the products of the land and of the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the exotic influences brought back by the navigators.

19.-SLOVENIA

100 Selected Dishes / The Cuisine of Slovenia

 Heart Edition – In English

 Text: Slavko Adamlje, Dr.Janez Bagataj

 Photography: Janez Puksic

 (Rokus)

Rokus has been publishing in English and Slovenian easy books with easy recipes to promote the rich culinary culture of food and wine in Slovenia.

20.-SPAIN-CASTELLANO

3000 Años de la Cocina Española

 Rosa Tovar, Monique Fuller

 Prólogo de Ferran Adrià

 (Espasa)

The 200 recipes of this exquisitely produced book give their culinary history roots. It also explains the historical context, the origins of the recipes, and the threads uniting the fundamental recipes of Spanish cuisine.

21.-SPAIN-CATALAN

 La Millor Cuina dEstiu

 Josep Nogué I Puigvert

 (Columna)

This good book shows the recipes to eat outside when the weather allows it, which is often in Catalunya.

22.-SWEDEN

Odlarens kokbok
Charlotte Jenkinson

Photo: Susanne Almers

Layout: Annika Lyth

(Wahlström & Widstrand)

Take your own gardens terroir into your own kitchen delights; inspiration following the year around.

23.-TURKEY

Her Güne Bir Yemek

 Tijen Inaltong

 (Yapi Kredi Cultural Activities Arts and Publishing, Inc)

A wonderful guide to the tasty Turkey cuisine, with many recipes full of tradition and experience.

24.-UK

Men in the Kitchen

 A Complete Cookery Lesson with TV Chef

 Emma Crowhurst

 (Kudos)

There are more and more men in the kitchen, on British television and everywhere around the world. It is a strong new trend, increasing every year.

25.-USA

Amazing 7 Minutes Meals

 Yvonne Stephens

 (Synergy Books)

All recipes are prepared with the stir fry technique, based on the traditional chinese technique, designed in China due to fuel constraints, but a healthier and faster way to cook a meal at home, everywhere around the world.