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Welcome to the André Simon Food and Drink book awards for 2020
Winner of the 2020 Drink Award
Special Commendation
The John Avery Award
The Chairman and trustees of the André Simon Food and Drink book awards are delighted to announce the winners for the 2020 awards.
Winner of the 2020 Food Award- Red Sands
by Caroline Eden (Quadrille)
According to Lisa Markwell: "In a year of vicarious travel and virtual feasts, Red Sands gave us the most sumptuous and delicious escape into other lands."
Winner of the 2020 Drink Award
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Intoxicating: Ten Drinks that Shaped Australia
by Max Allen (Thames & Hudson Australia)
John Hoskins MW, remarked: "And what made 'Intoxicating' the outstanding work in the group was Max Allen's achievement in weaving the minor world of drinks into a major historical and cultural context"
Special Commendation
- Nose Dive
by Harold McGee (John Murray)
Lisa Markwell said: "A book for the ages, which examines but also transcends food and drink through smell. Fascinatingly nerdy."
The John Avery Award
- Salmon
by Mark Kurlansky (Oneworld)
Lisa Markwell said: "Kurlansky is a masterful storyteller and through this one fish, his cautionary tale reveals the folly of the human's compulsion to control nature. But also, salmon recipes!"
NICK LANDER
CHAIRMAN
Nick Lander, Chair of the André Simon Memorial Fund, commented:
"This year's food and drink winners take us on an exciting journey around the world from the comfort of our own kitchens: from Central Asia in Red Sands by Caroline Eden to the drinks that shaped Australia in Max Allen's Intoxicating. Salmon, the winner of the John Avery Award, by Mark Kurlansky takes a scientific look at how the fish is a marker for the health of our planet and Harold McGee's Nose Dive, which received a Special Commendation, is an extraordinary examination of our sense of smell. Congratulations to all our winners, to our longlisted and shortlisted authors and thank you to everyone who entered the André Simon Food and Drink Awards 2020."
PAST AWARD WINNERS
2019 Award Winners
Food:
The Whole Fish Cookbook: New Ways to Cook, Eat and Think
by Josh Niland
Drink:
The World Atlas of Wine (8th Edition)
by Hugh Johnson & Jancis Robinson
The John Avery award:
Tokyo Stories: A Japanese Cookbook
by Tim Anderson
Special Commendation:
The Turkish Cookbook
by Musa Dağdeviren
This year Pommery Champagne are awarding magnums of their superb Champagne to our winners - many thanks to them. André Simon was the UK agent for Pommery before the First World War and we are delighted that we can continue the collaboration.