The Malaysian Insider :: Food
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| France boasts best cookbooks in the world Posted: 25 Feb 2013 06:45 PM PST
At the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris, France took 33 awards, 17 of which were ranked first in their category. They included French chef titan Alain Ducasse's Mon Grand Livre de Cuisine, a collection of 250 recipes and 100 cooking tutorials, which was named best digital cookbook. Elixirs from France, a collaborative effort that includes contributions from wine and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, was No. 1 title in the category of Drinks and Wine, Photos and Illustrations. The 287-page hardcover by Jane Anson retraces the history of the five premiers crus of Bordeaux. After France came China, the UK, Spain and Belgium, in that order, with the most medal hauls. In the coveted chef category, husband and wife team Jonnie and Therese Boer of Michelin-starred restaurant De Librije in Zwolle, about an hour northeast of Amsterdam, took home the top award for their book Puurst, which means pure in Dutch. The 440-page hardcover features 200 recipes divided thematically by flavour. Other big winners of the night include celebrity Canadian chef Martin Picard for his Cabane à Sucre au Pied de Cochon, a 386-page ode to Canada's national food item, maple syrup, which was named Cookbook of the Year. The Cookbook Library by Anne Willan and Mark Cherniavsky, a culinary encyclopaedia that traces four centuries of gastronomic history was inducted into the Hall of Fame while Wine Grapes, by renowned wine writer Jancis Robinson, was inducted into the Wine and Drink Hall of Fame. The Gourmand Award standings by country, ranked by the total No. 1 winners: 1. France 17 No. 1 winners2. China 11 3. UK 9 4. Spain 8 5. Belgium 7 6. USA 7 7. Sweden 6 8. Australia 5 9. Canada 4 10. Denmark 4 Click here for the full results. — AFP/Relaxnews |
| Hyper-sustainable Tokyo restaurant ‘best in Asia’ Posted: 25 Feb 2013 05:54 PM PST
The win isn't a surprise, given that the two-Michelin-starred restaurant Narisawa was named Best in Asia for three consecutive years by the chefs, critics and food journalists at the World's 50 Best Restaurants, the big sister to Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards, which took place in Singapore last night.
At Narisawa, one of the restaurant's signature dishes is pitched as the best expression of the chef's cooking style and culinary philosophy: Wagyu rump roast marinated in leek, basted in olive oil and carbonised on the outside. As a champion of sustainable gastronomy, Narisawa's ingredients are sourced locally from Japanese suppliers and then transformed using classic French culinary techniques. Guided by Narisawa's love and respect for nature, the cuisine highlights seasonal ingredients executed with a "sense of drama" and theatricality that's at once elegant and minimalist, say editors at Asia's 50 Best Restaurants. To mark Narisawa's 10th anniversary, the restaurant has launched a 10-course tasting menu created to evoke the "flow" of the four seasons. Dinner is ¥21,000 or around RM680. Rounding out the top five restaurants in Asia are Nihonryori Ryugin, in Tokyo — which also nipped at the heels of Narisawa in the World's 50 Best ranking in 2012 — Nahm in Bangkok, Amber in Hong Kong and Restaurant André in Singapore. Asia's 50 Best Restaurants are decided on by an academy of 900 chefs, restaurateurs, food critics and gastronomes from around the world. Meanwhile, the Miele Guide's version of Asia's Top 20 Restaurants declared Joel Robuchon's Macau restaurant Robuchon au Dôme the best on the continent earlier this year. Click here for the full list of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2013. — AFP/Relaxnews |
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