Anvil Publishing (www.anvilpublishing.com) has 7 books that won the Gourmand Awards, and 2 of them (A La Carte Food & Fiction and The Governor General's Kitchen by Felice Sta. Maria) are in the top 3, vying for the Best in the World Gourmand Awards. Winners will be announced in London, April 13.
Hmmm - I think the food and drink will be good there.
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Press Release, February 19, 2008
THE GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS
BEST IN THE WORLD
SUNDAY APRIL 13, 2 pm
Gourmand received books from 107 countries in 2007. Now 845 cookbooks compete in 40 categories for Best in the World, after winning their country’s competition. Early guests from 32 countries had already confirmed by February 18.
• The event is filmed for television, with many media invited
• Live music by the 18-pieces James O’Carroll Big Band.
• Winners party at 5 pm with champagne Gosset and cognac Frapin
THE GOURMAND-LONDON BOOK FAIR COOKBOOK CORNER
APRIL 14-16
Stand U800 Gourmand-LBF Partnership.
• Exhibition of the best cookbooks from over 80 countries.
• Cooking demonstrations by 16 celebrity chefs from 14 countries.
Monday April 14
10 Chef Ramzi Lebanon
11 Sara La Fountain Finland
12 Chef Völundarssön Iceland
13 Julie Biuso New Zealand
14 Chef Wan Malaysia
15 Babette Guadeloupe
16 Jigyasa Giri and Pratibha Jain India
17 Richard Juhlin – Champagne Club Sweden
Tuesday April 15
10 Sahrap Soysal Turkey
11 Yvan Cadiou France
12 Angela Hartnett UK
13 Chakall Portugal
14 Annabel Langbein New Zealand
15 Hayden Wood The Liquid Kitchen-Australia
16 Chef China
17 Richard Juhlin – Champagne Club Sweden
Wednesday April 16
10 Fatema Hal Morocco
11 SURPRISE
12 Yann Barault – Le Cordon Bleu France
13 Art Smith US
14 LaurelAnn Morley Barbados
15 SURPRISE
16 Richard Juhlin – Champagne Club Sweden
CHAMPAGNE BAR Stand U801
With champagne Gosset.
Edouard Cointreau
President, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
www.cookbookfair.com
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- Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
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- Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.
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