27 BestFoodLiteratureBook inthe World 1998 1999 2000 2001

US - Jeffrey Steingarten (Random House) Australia - Stephanie Alexander (Viking) France - Muriel Barbery (Gallimard) New Zealand - Julie Biuso (New Holland)

2002

France - Senegal- Aminato Sow Fall

2003

France - Guy Martin, Henri Gougaud (Le Seuil) India - VirSanghvi (Penguin)

(F.Truffaut)

2004

The cultural and creativeaspects of food are at their best with food literaturewhich is enjoying a boom worldwide. Contests and books of short stories are now everywhere. Most of the authors are journalistswho fulfilltheir main desires by publishinga book. Most of the books selected here could be translated to reach a wider public,they are universalin their appeal and style.

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To Die For - 100 Food Experiences , to have befo~e you die

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(Murdoch Books)

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The author is one of the most crea-

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journalists in Australia, and elsewhere. He has published previously provocative culinary history research.

2 Chinese Magic Food and the Arts, by He Guo Dao "Dudu"

3 France Le Bouquet Garni Sylvie Domenjoud (S.Domenjoud) These culinary poems are small dishes always made of fresh and natural ingredients, rich in colours through all their forms. Light and deep recipes are presem in this book.

4 Germany Hauptling Eigener Herd Heft 24 (Edition Vincem Klink)

(Mingpao-Hong Kong) Last year we had the Louvre Museum Food Cookbook published in France by Glenat. This year a similar book comes from Asia. The result is equally beautiful and informative.

These recipes are presented with poetry, humour, imeresting or educating. Add an original layoUt, tasteful caricatures. Repeat this every three momh, year after year, and you make a collectable. No surprise that Gourmand is not the only award received.

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9 Portugal

A Matter ofTaste

Receitas dos Contos de Fadas de Hans Christian Andersen

The Penguin Book of Indian Writing on Food Edited by Nilanjana S.Roy (Penguin Books)

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Recipes from the Fairy Tales of H.C.Andersen Diana Mendonc;a (Manuscript)

This is a delightful collection of writing on food and its place in our lives. Ir brings together some of the most significant Indian voices over the last century.