Indian cookbooks strike it rich at Gourmand Awards

Cookbooks from India bagged several prizes at this year's Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, with Sonal Ved's Tiffin: 500 Auntic Recipes winning in three categories.

24th edition of awards was recently hosted in Macao. Tiffin: 500 Auntic Recipes Celebrating India's Regional Cuisine was named Best Indian Cookbook. Globally, second best Book of Year in all categories, and third in Best Design - Asia.

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Nandita Haksar's Flavours of Nationalism: Recipes for Love, Hate and Friendship won in two categories - cookbook for peace and food writing. Two books by Kiranmayi Bhushi also won awards - Farm to Fingers (sustainable food) and Culture & Politics of Food in Contemporary India (food security & nutrition). HarperCollins was named food book publisher of year. Goa Portuguesa Cookbook by Deepa Soha's Awchat won in Woman Chef' category, Diary of a Domestic Diva by Shilpa Shetty Kundra in Celebrity Chef', Reishu Sharma's From India with Love First Book; award and Spices & Rhapsodies & Foot Tapping Chefs by Viji Vararajan in digital book for sale category.

Elated over win, Ved said, "From fashion, art, architecture to food - world is increasingly putting an emphasis on regionality, diversity and immigrant voice. So, Tiffin' was bound to get ticed on this global platform".

Among or winners are Recipes on Ripples by Soju Philip (Asian region), Pma Vijay's 101 Dishes that Enhance Mood & Reduce Stress (Diet), Flavour of Spice by Marryam Reshii (Spices and herbs), Chutneys, ding Spice to your Life! by Aparna Mudiganti Parinam (single subject), Nandita Iyer's Everyday Healthy Vegetarian (Vegetarian) and Masala Mamas by Elana Sztokman (Fundraising).

Kapil Kapoor, director at Roli Books, publisher of Tiffin, remarked, "This award is unique because it focuses only on culinary world. fact that Tiffin' was ranked second in 'Best Book of Year' in all categories is truly remarkable".

Founded in 1995 by Edouard Cointreau, awards recognize excellence in food writing across print, digital and television. objectives of awards are houring those who cook with words; giving an overview of world food and drink culture in all its rich diversity and trends; finding reliable quality sources for public, professionals and media; helping promote best authors and publishers; and helping authors and publishers in copyright foreign rights tre.

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